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2025-10-03 @ 19.13.11 ∈ In English

Trauma in a puppy’s first six months linked to adult aggression, says new study
[Some] breeds, such as Siberian Huskies [and] pit-bull type dogs, were more likely to become aggressive or fearful after experiencing early trauma. Meanwhile, other breeds, such as the Labrador Retriever, were a lot more resilient.
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2025-04-18 @ 13.59.35 ∈ In English

What the Caribou Remember - bioGraphic
The caribou, researchers concluded, remembered the deaths of their kin or the conditions that led to them. Using that information, many chose a different location [for their winter range], where the survival rate ended up being slightly better and a lot more consistent.
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2025-01-04 @ 15.03.58 ∈ Suomeksi

Ankasta ja kukosta tuli rakastavaiset – omistajaa mietityttävät lemmenleikkien seuraukset
”Pääkallo-Pär” ja Charlotta nukkuvat vierekkäin haudontalaatikossa. Niitä yhdistävät lapsuuden rankat kokemukset.
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2024-12-10 @ 10.40.33 ∈ In English

Dogs use two-word button combos to communicate, study shows
A new study from UC San Diego’s Comparative Cognition Lab shows that dogs trained to use soundboards to “talk” are capable of making two-word button combinations that go beyond random behavior or simple imitation of their owners.
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2024-11-11 @ 17.51.05 ∈ In English

(From January)

Magpies swoop bald men more often, eight-year-old's viral survey finds
The field in this case was the Blue Mountains Grammar School – Mr Swoopsalot's territory. "I watched the people he swooped and I recorded it," Emma said. "Then I got everything I recorded and I figured out that they [the people Mr Swoopsalot swooped] were male, they were tall, and that they had thin or receding hair."
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2024-09-26 @ 19.58.30 ∈ In English

Octopuses recorded hunting with fish — and punching those that don’t cooperate
The research […] even suggests that the famously intelligent animals organized the hunting groups’ decisions, including what they should prey upon. [The researchers witnessed the cephalopod species] punching companion fish, apparently to keep them on task and contributing to the collective effort.
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2024-05-26 @ 19.02.02 ∈ In English

Crows Can Actually Count Out Loud, Amazing New Study Shows
While other animals such as honeybees have shown an ability to understand numbers, this specific manifestation of numeric literacy has not yet been observed in any other non-human species.
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2024-05-04 @ 10.24.23 ∈ Suomeksi

Kimalaiset rakentavat legopalikoilla tiedettä ja tunnistavat tiimityön arvon
”Tulokset viittaavat siihen, että kimalaisilla on kyky tunnistaa ja reagoida kumppaninsa läsnäoloon ja liikkeisiin, mikä on hämmästyttävä osoitus niiden sosiaalisesta älykkyydestä”, tutkimusta johtanut eläinekologian dosentti Olli Loukola kertoo.
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2024-03-25 @ 17.16.03 ∈ In English

Wild bird gestures ‘after you’: Japanese tit uses wing movements for gestural communication
By analyzing over 320 nest visitations in detail, the researchers saw that the wing-fluttering display prompted the mate who was being fluttered at to enter the nest box first, while the one who fluttered entered second, determining the order of nest entry and mirroring the "after you" gesture observed in human communication.