Tag: animals
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Greatest Of All Time.
Im GOAT. You have a problem with that? Sometimes animals are so photogenic they practically, if not literally, scream at you to take a photo. I watched these two clowning around on their pogo-stick legs for a bit before they ambled up for their portraits.
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Mantis
Sitting outside in the late Autumn sun I didn’t even notice this little green dude as he somehow made his way out onto my forearm. He finally snagged my attention with fore-claw air guitar semaphore and some sort of funky Mantis beat-bobbing. I watch his dance moves for a bit, amazed when he stops and…
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Do jumping spiders dream spider dreams?
Scientific American is reporting on the research of behavioural ecologist Daniela Rößler into the sleep behaviours of jumping spiders. After first observing that these spiders would occasionally hang motionless (and presumably asleep) on the ends of their silk threads, Rößler noticed something interesting.From time to time they would display a distinct twitching. Hmmm, she thought,…
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Is there something inside a fish other than fillets?
This article published in Aeon looks at the question of sentience in fish. In me at least, when I really stop and think about it, this raises a creeping feeling of unease. There is definitely an increasing body of evidence that challenges our sapien-centric claim to being the consciousness boss of things around here. If…
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Movie: Dominion
It’s OK, you do not have to watch this movie. I give this 4.5 stars out of five. But you probably won’t want to watch it. It contains explicit scenes of animal cruelty and is morally confronting. The film covers common, routine practices that are a part of the commercial food chain that puts bacon,…
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