#animal-behavior

#animal-behavior

A recent study analyzed handedness in 172 animal species, revealing that left-handedness is common across the animal kingdom, challenging traditional misconceptions about handedness being unique to humans.

The perplexing baby-snatchings, reported in the journal Current Biology, suggest that humans aren't the only intelligent species with youngsters that pursue apparently pointless activities that can be destructive to other creatures.

"All of their feeding behavior is so weird," says Steven Whitfield, the director of terrestrial and wetlands conservation at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, La.

The behavioral study involved equal numbers of male and female mice, revealing no significant differences in cued reaching behavior between sexes, led by careful training protocols.

"She ran straight up to me - I just burst into tears," Gardner said in a statement released on Wednesday.

Animals often act independently when group behavior is not in their best interest. This challenges the notion that instinct always governs behavior.

Over many generations - through deliberate selection, crossing and interbreeding - humans 'created' the domesticated creatures we have and use today.

"Obviously, bringing the smallest dog in the world with the tallest dog in the world, there was a little bit of anxiety. But I think he was very gentle [and] very, very kind [to Pearl], as best as he could be."

Bucks are prone to aggressive behavior when approached, especially during their mating season in late fall, when they fight for mating rights using their large antlers.

It was things like bouncing on their legs, it was simultaneously crushing their claw and their body into the sand, which were far more complex than we expected.

It surprised me more than it hurt. And even though it didn't really hurt that much, it was enough to make me rethink taking her out and cuddling.

Green Bean waddles over and drops the ball where her partner is lying. Randi then takes it in her beak and begins playing with it.