Goddammit, squirrels. One more show of suddengeneticsuperiority, and I'm going to have to lobby to have you put on the Terrorist Group Watch List.
To protect their winter stores of nuts, gray squirrels have learned how to stage fake burials so that thieves will get stumped when looking to heist their precious cargo of various nutmeats. Dr. Michael Steele of Wilkes University in Pennsylvania found that about a fifth of all nut burials are fake. The incidence goes up when the squirrels believe their stores are under particular threat.
So rats, apparently, are ticklish. Funny — I always thought they were just trying to eat my soft parts when they crawled all over me in my old apartment. Turns out they just wanted a little tickle on the tummy. Check it:
Fish of the world, you can now apply for the same rights as terrestrial protein sources like cows and chicken: A recent study finds that even animals as simple as fish have distinct personalities.
Scientists at the University of Guelph observed brook trout in the Credit River west of Toronto to identify potential character traits; they then scooped those fish up and put them through six days of personality tests in the laboratory. They found some to be social, some to be risk-takers, some to be antisocial, and others were 'scaredy-fish.' Presumably all of them were really freaking pissed after undergoing six straight days of Rorschach tests in an aquarium.
Goddammit, squirrels. One more show of sudden genetic superiority, and I'm going to have to lobby to have you put on the Terrorist Group Watch List.
Fish of the world, you can now apply for the same rights as terrestrial protein sources like cows and chicken: A recent study finds that even animals as simple as fish have distinct personalities.
