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Top 10 Unusual Animal Friendships
To paraphrase Thomas Hobbes: life in nature is a war of all against all – and it is (in general) nasty, brutish, and short. Competition between animals drives evolution, and will never be removed from...
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SeaWorld Puts Its Whales On Valium-Like Drug, Documents Show
Orcas under stress. View this image › Getty Images The theme park chain SeaWorld, already facing wide criticism from animal rights advocates, treats some of its marine mammals with psychoactive drugs,...
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10 Fascinating Facts About Animal Intelligence
Animals continue to amaze us by displaying types of intelligence we once thought were reserved for humans. So the next time your partner fakes it or someone steals behind your back, remember—the...
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9 More Curious Facts About Bears
Throughout history, bears have played many roles to mankind. They’ve been ruthless killers to be feared and fought. At other times, we’ve worshiped them. And sometimes we’ve just thought they were...
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Gibbon Genome Reveals Why They’re the Swing Kings
These gangly, tree-swinging apes living in the tropical forests of southeast Asia are quite peculiar: Individuals have different numbers of chromosomes and an unusually large number of chromosomal...
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These Photos Of Koko The Gorilla Mourning The Loss Of Robin Williams Are...
The two met in 2001 and became fast friends. Robin Williams touched not just the lives of people, but also some of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. 1. In 2001, Robin Williams met Koko, the...
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Crows Intelligence Rivals Human Children
Corvid intelligence has passed another test with flying colors, and thrown Aesop’s Fables into a whole new light. New Caledonian crows have been shown to understand liquid displacement and the...
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Picture of the Day: Gorillas in the Mist
GORILLAS IN THE MIST Photograph by CHRISTOPHER WHITTIER Stunning photograph by Christopher Whittier of Silverback mountain gorillas posing on the rim of a volcanic crater with a lake below in the...
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Chimpanzees And Bonobos Had Two Major Flings In The Ancient Past
About 150,000 years ago, along the Congo River, a tryst with a long history took place. Chimpanzees and bonobos two distinct groups of great apes that share almost all of their DNA with our own species...
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Stunning Image Shows the Beautiful Bond Between Ape and His Kind Protector
Between all of the worries that come with being a human – shelter, food, water, achieving success – it can be difficult to step out of ourselves and acknowledge the plight of other animals. Tigers are...
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