Posts tagged fur
Great Apes Can Have A Midlife Crisis Too
A study of great apes in captivity shows that the animals’ sense of well-being bottoms out in middle age, before rebounding in old age. The survey covered four criteria: the animals’ overall mood; how much pleasure they got out of socializing; their success in achieving goals such as obtaining food and objects they desire; and how happy the keeper would be if he or she were that animal for a week.
Fox stops to smell the daffodils!
It shouldn’t be surprising to anyone, don’t YOU like daffodils? Animals are no different.
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Reindeer can see in the ultraviolet spectrum!
This is a photo of the lichen they eat under UV light. It’s quite beautiful and other-worldly, right? Imagine what the Arctic must look like to reindeer! Maybe that’s how they find Santa Claus…
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Blind boxer dog Baks has a new lease on life - after being taken under the wing of his friend Buttons the goose. An accident last year left him blind, but Buttons took it upon herself to become his seeing-eye companion. She leads him around by hanging on to him with her neck or honking to him.
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Golden Tiger Taj bows before little girl.
Pretty sure he’s letting her know she’s going to grow up to be a warrior princess! ;)
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