In a famous ongoing experiment started in 1960, scientists turned foxes into tame, doglike canines by breeding only the least aggressive ones generation after generation. The creatures developed stubby snouts, floppy ears, and even began to bark. Now, it appears that some rural red foxes in the United Kingdom are doing this on their own. When the animals moved from the forest to city habitats, they began to evolve doglike traits, new research reveals, potentially setting themselves on the path to domestication — via Science
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Peacock spiders are tiny invertebrates that rose to fame after people added music to online videos showing their elaborate courtship dances. A research paper describing seven new species of peacock spider has been published in the journal Zootaxa by Joseph Schubert, who works for Museums Victoria as a legacy registration officer in entomology and arachnology — via ABC News
In a 2018 paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, a team of researchers showed evidence that New Caledonian crows, which have been observed making several types of tools out of sticks, may be able to build tools from memory — even if they have only seen the tool itself and haven’t ever seen the tool being constructed. This suggests that crows can form a mental template
of tools based on other crows’ tools and their own past tools, which would explain why New Caledonian crows’ tools could have improved over time — via Inverse
A loyal dog helps his master turn sheep’s wool into clouds — via YouTube
A team of scientists led by the University of Cambridge has found that when cuttlefish know they’re getting shrimp for dinner, they’ll only have a light lunch of crabs. This ability to anticipate their favourite food is an indication of the cephalopod’s complex brain and cognitive abilities — via New Atlas
Video shows the fate of three different alligator falls in the Gulf of Mexico. Work being conducted by the McClain Lab at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) — via YouTube
For the opera Hänsel und Gretel
(by Engelbert Humperdinck) the costume designer wanted to have Gretel a handbag in the shape of an IKEA rat, so Uersel made one — via Instructables
This video was filmed by the folks at Enoshima Aquarium in Fujisawa, Japan — via Youtube
Wolves can make a variety of vocalizations. They growl, whimper, whine, bark, huff, howl… Although the wolf’s howl is has been the inspiration for films, essays, poems, etc… we think there is another sound that evokes equal levels of emotion and excitement — a wolf pup’s hiccup. Eight-week-old grey wolf pup Nikai is the newest adorable addition to the Wolf Conservation Center‘s Ambassador Pack in South Salem, NY — via Youtube
It’s a baby bat ray brunch at Monterey Bay Aquarium. Using plate-like teeth to grind and chew their sustainable seafood, these youngsters will grow quickly into their role as majestic sea flap flaps — via Youtube
Tattoo by Eduardo Tavares at Tora Sumi — originally uploaded by Red Wolf
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Balls — via Youtube
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Pall Sigurdsson spent a whole dive and most of his air saving this octopus in Lembeh, Indonesia from what was bound to be a cruel fate — via Youtube
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Gli is a cross-eyed adorable cat that has been living in Hagia Sophia for the past 15 years. The Hagia Sophia is more than 2,000 years old and is one of the most extraordinary structures ever built. It has been a temple, church, mosque and museum through its long history.
See the Hagia Sophia through the eyes of Gli, the cat who guides — via Youtube
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Taronga Western Plains Zoo has welcomed a female White Rhino calf. The calf was born, behind-the-scenes, in the early hours of 18 August to mother, Mopani, at 16 months gestation. The new baby weighed in at 74kg — via ZooBorns
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A swarm of bees temporarily camped in a neighbour’s tree — via Youtube
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On 15 August 2019, a square-lipped rhinoceros calf was born at Royal Burgers’ Zoo. The young bull looks to be in good health — via Youtube
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Watch the brilliant colour changes of a sleeping octopus — via Youtube
Little corellas arguing over food — via Youtube
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Deinopis is a throw back to an older, cooler kind of cribellate spider. Lots of spigots… Lots. Of. Spigots — via Youtube
Half-Asleep Chris GPS tracked his cats for 24 hours. After recently letting Ralph and Tom outside for the first ever time, Ralph went missing overnight. Half-Asleep Chris bought a GPS tracking device to find out where he went — via Youtube
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The calf, which has been revealed as a boy, arrived to proud parents Margery (7) and Betong (6) on Thursday morning (18 July). Weighing just 5kg at birth, the youngster follows a 13-month-long (391-day) pregnancy — via Youtube
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Lincoln Park Zoo is excited to welcome its latest arrival after 15 months of gestation. On 19 May, Kapuki, an eastern black rhinoceros, gave birth to an healthy male calf at Regenstein African Journey — via YouTube
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is excited to share that all six puppies, born 24 April 2019 are healthy and thriving. Today, May 24th, the animal care and veterinary teams performed a routine well-baby exam and learned there are five male puppies and one female puppy in the litter — via Youtube
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