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Raccoons - Rascals or Ninjas?

Raccoons - are they cheeky grinning rascals or skillful ninjas of the night? Image by OCPetPhotos and Sara Heinrichs First and foremost, racoons (procyon lotor) are noctural animals, and increasingly abundant inhabitants of suburbans areas and cities Read More...
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Inhuman Doctors: Zoopharmacognosy and Self Medicating Animals

Many major cultures around the globe have developed some form of medical science. The Indians have Ayurveda, the Chinese have TCM and of course there is Western medicine. What these fields have in common is that they are derived from the process of observing Read More...
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Ignorant pig, Silly cow, Bird brained?

Don’t we tend to assume farm animals to be one of, if not the most stupid creatures in the animal kingdom, since they are most likely to end up as breakfast, lunch and dinner for us humans? Well, don’t belittle these animals as the video below will illustrate Read More...
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Replacing the Seismograph with Animals?

Do not be alarmed if one day animals do infact replace equipments such as the seismography to act as pre-emptive warnings to natural disasters such as Earthquakes and Tsunamis. One would question: why is it that there's always seemingly little animal's Read More...
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