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6 Creepy Animal Behaviors That Science Can't Explain. Animals do a lot of strange things: dogs will go after their own butts for hours, some fish fly and if some people are to be believed, sheep have the amazing ability to attract New Zealanders and Scotsmen.

6 Creepy Animal Behaviors That Science Can't Explain

But there are some things about the animal world that leave the smartest of us scratching their heads in puzzlement saying, "Fucked if I know... " One of the major things that separate humans from animals is that most lower life forms have an intense will to live. Unless they are defending their babies or food, most animals will prefer to run off than fight, because life is precious. Plus, given the fact that most don't really appear to be all that self aware, the likelihood of goth hamsters and emo pigeons seems pretty thin. Then why do some animals just up and decide to off themselves sometimes? And lets not forget Jatinga, India, where hundreds of birds from several species dive into the ground to kill themselves every year.

How Long Has This Been Going On? That's a tough one. 6 Adorable Cat Behaviors With Shockingly Evil Explanations. There seem to be two kinds of people in the world: those who don't understand cats, and those who think cats are kind of douchebags.

6 Adorable Cat Behaviors With Shockingly Evil Explanations

Unfortunately for cat lovers, science has kind of come down on the side of that second group. Research has revealed that a lot of the quirky and even cute things your kitty does are actually signs that your cat is kind of a dick. Meowing to Imitate a Baby Human Cats have many different ways of communicating, but the meow is every cat's go-to vocalization when it wants to tell us something; be it, "I'm hungry," "pay attention to me" or "I just took a dump, go clean it up.

" However, far from the one-dimensional barking sound that dogs use to communicate, cats are like living stereo equalizers that are able to fine tune the pitches and tones of their meows... so they can better manipulate you into doing what they want. In fact, further studies have proven that a cat's cry for food or attention shares a remarkable similarity in frequency to a baby's cry. Project Coyote. Pemba Flying Fox. (Other Names: Pemba Island Fruit Bat or Flying Fox, Zorro Volador de Voeltzkow) Pteropus voeltzkowi Status: Vulnerable Contents 1.

Pemba Flying Fox

Profile 2. Profile The Pemba flying fox is a large fruit bat weighing 400 - 650 g (0.9 - 1.4 lb). The Pemba flying fox is found only on Pemba Island, Tanzania. Habitat loss from deforestation is a major concern, since the last fragments of natural forest are now in danger of disappearing (Seehausen 1991). Tidbits *** The Pemba flying fox does not appear near human settlements unless large trees are fruiting. *** The Pemba flying fox is the only bat species endemic to an African country (Altringham 1996) *** Flying foxes are so-called because of their fox-like faces. *** Most flying foxes eat fruit and are also called fruit bats. *** Pemba Island is home to 4 species of Old World fruit bats (Megachiroptera).

Status and Trends IUCN Status: Countries Where the Pemba Flying Fox Is Currently Found: 2004: Occurs in Tanzania (Pemba Island) (IUCN 2004). Population Estimates: ‘Eating Giants - Hippo'