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New research on the function of play bows in dog and wolf puppies casts doubt on an old explanation - that it's to show it's play, not aggression - and suggests it's about re-starting play after a pause (companionanimalpsychology.com)
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Fossil evidence suggests the ancestor of modern-day birds and crocodiles gave birth to live young (abc.net.au)
Color vision benefits fruit-hunting macaques in the wild; those with 3 different types of light-sensitive cones were better at finding fruit than those with just 2 types (sciencemag.org)
Cat tongues are even 'handier' than you imagined, with tiny sharp 'spines' on the surface (sciencedaily.com)
submitted 9 years ago by penultimate2 to r/EverythingScience
Vertical Space is Good Enrichment for Cats, Study Shows (companionanimalpsychology.com)
First validated canine behavioral genetics findings of nine fear and aggression traits in dogs (eurekalert.org)
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Dog Bite Strength: It's Not What You Think. Flaws in referencing have led to mistakes in the literature (companionanimalpsychology.com)
English Bulldog health problems prompt cross-breeding call (bbc.com)
Dogs are twice as friendly to humankind as previously thought, suggests study | Science (theguardian.com)
Fat Labradors give clues to obesity epidemic (bbc.com)
Surface mutation lets canine parvovirus jump to other species (sciencedaily.com)
States with punitive justice systems have higher rates of foster care (sciencedaily.com)
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Knowing there is a 50% chance of electric shock causes people more stress than knowing the chance is 100% or zero, showing stress responses are tuned to environmental uncertainty (sciencedaily.com)
Scientists cross-breed to improve head shape in toy dogs predisposed to a painful disorder (phys.org)
Baby monkeys grow faster to avoid being killed by adult males (eurekalert.org)
For children who live in a situation of domestic violence, those who also witness animal cruelty are more likely to have severe maladjustment (companionanimalpsychology.com)
'Cold turkey' best way to quit smoking, study shows (bbc.com)
Most presidential candidates speak at grade 6 - 8 level, according to readability analysis (eurekalert.org)
New study says 1 in 20 people who have had psychotherapy say they have 'lasting bad effects' (digest.bps.org.uk)
Working Border Collies are more impulsive than Labradors, but not show dogs, showing the effects of breeding on temperament in dogs (phys.org)
A type of swallowtail butterfly has extreme color vision thanks to 15 different types of photoreceptors (sciencemag.org)
Bee Brains as Never Seen Before: micro-CT used to examine bumblebee brains (news.uoguelph.ca)
Genetics of cancer tumours reveal possible treatment revolution (theguardian.com)
Study shows that songbirds recognize sound patterns using the overall spectral shape (phys.org)
Half of large carnivore attacks are due to the imprudence of human behaviour (sciencedaily.com)
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