Hey Baby … Deep-Voiced Deer Lucky in Love

From Live Science:

This new finding might do Barry White proud – deeper voices can help male deer get it on.

September 3rd, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Behavioral Ecology, Mammals, Research | Comments are closed

Wolves Would Rather Eat Salmon

From BMC Ecology:

Although most people imagine wolves chasing deer and other hoofed animals, new research suggests that, when they can, wolves actually prefer fishing to hunting. The study, published today in the open access journal BMC Ecology, shows that when salmon is available, wolves will reduce deer hunting activity and instead focus on seafood.

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September 2nd, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Behavioral Ecology, Mussels, Research | Comments are closed

Communing With Crows

From a letter to the Editor at the NY Times comes this gem that’s right up my alley:

I’m glad that researchers are documenting the interspecies social skills of crows. Our family lore tells of Klaus, the crow who befriended my great-uncle Jens. Uncle Jens boasted of Klaus’s intelligence, and tolerated his pilferage of small shiny

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September 2nd, 2008 | Tags: , , , | Category: Behavioral Ecology, Birds | Comments are closed

Mental Health Break: Dog Nurses Kittens

First in a series, a la Andrew Sullivan, we have a dog nursing kittens:

Paul Kalenak found the kittens at his garage in Aliquippa after their mom had been killed and he took them home.
His dog, Cobra, a Jack Russell terrier, had just given birth to some pups.
She’s now nursing the kittens.
The family plans to keep

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June 6th, 2008 | Tags: , , , | Category: Companion Animals | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)