LSM1303 Animal Behaviour Student Blog

Or is it? Monkeys who smoke have always intrigued me ever since I chanced upon (couple of years ago) the picture of a chimp in tee shirt lighting up a cigarette whilst seated on top of a wooden crate. It looked as if it could be just any other deliveryman Read More...

Ok, so you've heard of marine animals such as the octopus and even cuttlefish being able to change colour, but I bet you didn't know that for a certain species of cuttlefish, this ability of theirs is so developed that their appearance change can fool Read More...

The next time you step into an aquarium or go scuba diving deep in the seas of Australia, don't miss these graceful sea creatures! A Leafy Sea Dragon Native to the seas of South and East Australia, the gentle Leafy Sea Dragon is actually a type of seahorse Read More...

I’ve always been in awe of octopus (octopussy being my affectionate term for them). Their innate abilities to camouflage (changing colours), squeezing into and out of cans, coupled with their long stretching tentacles that seems to suck anything in it’s Read More...

Mention a bird so skillful at imitating sounds and the parrot always comes to mind right away. However, the ability to mimic sounds is definitely not exclusive to parrots. As it turns out, renowned vocal mimics in the bird world include “mockingbirds, Read More...