December 2011
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Chimpanzees consider their audience when...
Researchers found that wild chimps that spotted a poisonous snake were more likely to make their “alert call” in the presence of a chimp that had not seen the threat.
This indicates that the animals “understand the mindset” of others.
The insight into the primates’ remarkable intelligence will be published in the journal Current Biology.
The University of St...
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BBC Earthflight: North America. →
Documentary giving a bird’s-eye view of some of the world’s natural spectacles. This episode takes flight across North America, as snow geese fall prey to bald eagles.
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tuktu-deactivated20120130 asked: Hey I have a question and I'm wondering if you could answer it :) I was thinking about arctic foxes, and how their fur is white in the winter to camouflage, and grey/brown in the summer. My question is: Would an arctic fox living in captivity still change colours during the different seasons, even if it was living somewhere warm and snowless? Or would it stay a greyish colour all year round,...
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