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Interesting Facts: Which Animals Can Laugh
Laughter is a reflex, but the reflex is unique in that it serves no obvious biological purpose; it can be called a luxury reflex. Its only practical function, as far as can be judged, is to provide temporary relief from the burden of utilitarianism.
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Interesting Facts: Where the First Dogs Appeared
The domestic dog is descended from the wolf (Canis lupus), which was one of the first animals domesticated by humans. Initially, wolves came to people for food and received leftovers from them. Thus, they began to live next to people and gradually adapted to the new conditions.
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Interesting Facts: Dogs in Ancient Egypt
It was the dog that was strongly associated with death and funeral life; Often, when a person died, his dog was buried with him.
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Interesting Facts: How Animals React to Human Tears
If the owner is crying, the dog does not run to him with a toy at the ready, but puts his head on his knees and comforts him with a devoted look.
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Interesting Facts: How the Sense of Olfaction Works in Dogs
It is believed that under ideal conditions, dogs can smell scents up to 20 kilometers away. However, this indicator strongly depends on both the smell itself and environmental conditions, such as wind.
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Interesting Facts: Who Is Dingo Dog
Dingoes appeared in Australia approximately 5-8.5 thousand years ago and became apex predators after the extinction of the marsupial wolf.
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Important to Know: How to Feed a Puppy
Up to 2 months, the puppy should be fed 6 times a day; at 2–3 months - 5 times a day; from the 4th month - 4 times a day, from the 6th month - 3 times, and closer to the year the dog is transferred to two meals a day. In this case, it is advisable to maintain equal intervals between feeding the puppy to avoid excessive stress on the gastrointestinal tract.
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Interesting Facts: How Chimpanzees are Similar to People
As noted in an article in the journal Science, menopause had previously been described only in humans and five species of cetaceans. The authors do not rule out that long post-reproductive life is a characteristic feature of female chimpanzees, but it is not observed in most populations, since they have suffered greatly from human activity.
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Chickens: An Underrated Animal Intelligence
As part of a study published in 2015, Lizel O'Dwyer and Susan Hazel conducted practical training with graduate students at the University of Adelaide in Australia.
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Interesting Facts: What Types of Cats Exist Today
An international team of scientists has presented the results of a new genetic study that suggests cats were domesticated in what is now the Middle East.
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Important to Know: Why Macaws are Endangered
Ornithologists at the Loro Parque Foundation research station on the largest Canary island of Tenerife are studying three endangered species of macaw parrots.
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Interesting Facts: Why Parrots Learned to Talk
According to the study, special membranes were found in parrots that are involved in learning.
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Interesting Facts: What Complex Emotions Animals Can Experience
The study's findings suggest that feelings similar to regret can influence the behavior and decisions made by rodents, and challenge the assumption that regret is a feeling unique to humans.
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Interesting Facts: How Animals Imitate Humans
Researchers from the United States have shown that cats, under certain conditions, can imitate people. However, ethologists were skeptical about this experiment - according to them, this behavior could not be innate, but trained.
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Interesting Facts: What Emotions Pets Can Experience
In March 2022, the scientific journal Affective Science published the results of a study conducted by Dutch scientists from Leiden and Utrecht universities. In the course of their work, they discovered the ability of animals to experience emotions. However, the answer to the question to what extent the feelings of animals and birds are similar to humans remains a matter of debate.
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Spiny Mouse: Interesting Facts
They are called spiny for the hair on their backs that resembles small soft needles. These mice are easily kept at home in a terrarium, bringing a lot of pleasure to their owners. Under natural conditions, spiny mice are common in Crete, Cyprus, Western Asia, Saudi Arabia and most of Africa.
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Expert Opinion: Why You Should Get a Pet
Modern researchers agree that pet ownership has pros and cons for health, work and other aspects of human life. There are benefits from pets, and tangible ones - they affect both mental and physical health of a person.
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Interesting Facts: Why Some People Choose Animals for Communication rather than People
The study found that millennials love their pets more than their family members and parents. The survey involved 1,000 cat and dog owners, writes The New York Post.
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Interesting Facts: Why Animals Reduce Stress Levels
A study of an animal visiting program examined how observing, rather than interacting with, dogs in a university setting would affect cortisol levels in stressed students.
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Owl as a pet: Pros and Cons
There is no prohibition on keeping an owl in the house. Nevertheless, anyone who wants to own this wild bird of prey must understand its needs and characteristics. The lifespan of an owl in the wild is approximately 10 years, and in captivity it increases to 40 years or more.
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