Animal Hoopla

Happy Thursday Everyone – A little laughter to start your holiday weekend off right: Happy 4th of July! Be Safe & Have a Great Weekend! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpjsftCtvTU[/youtube]

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Monkey Face – Don’t Mate with Me!

Science Magazine reports on a research that highlights the importance of the face and its signal value in evolutionary history. The Guenon monkey species tend to live in close proximity to each other, but it is important that they don’t interbreed as such offspring has been found to be infertile.   From an evolutionary standpoint, this…

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Doggy Demeanor- Honesty and Deceit

The Washington Post comments on research that notes that doggy gestures are just as important as human gestures in the dog world and could possibly reveal information about the evolution of human emotions. Why do dogs bow down when they meet another dog and then jet off while the other dog runs after them they…

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Gestures & A Growing Mind

When someone mentions gestures we seem to think we know what they are referring to.  For example, when a person gives the “okay” sign they expect everyone to know what that means and most people do. However, many of us do not realize how much meaning we extract from our world through gestures and that…

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