Tag: Behavioral research
Peaceful bonobos hit each other more often than chimpanzees – knowledge
Humans tend to go to extremes: no other animal is as brutal and cruel. On the other hand, no one can be so compassionate, selfless and cooperative. These two contradictory…
Obituary Daniel Kahneman: The Thinker – Culture
Daniel Kahneman is dead, the man who showed people how to think and how to act. Who founded the research field of behavioral economics and received a Nobel Prize in…
Frans de Waal has died – knowledge
Throughout his life, Frans de Waal has been concerned with the question of how much animal there is in man or, conversely, how much man in animal. In doing so,…
Behavioral Biology: The Power of Crowds
Konstanz researchers let fish swim in virtual schools and grasshoppers march in circles. This is how they also learn something about people. source site
Biology: The offspring drinks from the cloaca – knowledge
Feeding offspring with nutrient-rich milk is a typical trait of mammals. Researchers were accordingly surprised when they discovered an amphibian that produces nutrient milk. The egg-laying, worm-like species provides its…
What chimpanzees and bumblebees can do just as well as humans – knowledge
Even insects can learn and teach others things that are so complex that they would never have thought of it themselves. Is there nothing that makes people unique? Animals usually…
What do humans, chimpanzees and bumblebees have in common? Culture – knowledge
Chimpanzees and even bumblebees can learn and teach things so complex that they would never have thought of it themselves. Is there nothing that only humans can really do? Animals…
Butterflies have many tricks to avoid being eaten – knowledge
Fraudsters and deceivers not only exist among humans, but also among animals and plants. Some orchids, for example, use their flowers to mimic the appearance of female bees in order…
Cows, pigs and other farm animals must not be treated like machines. – Knowledge
Cows have best friends. Goats can communicate with people almost as well as dogs. Pigs are likely to feel compassion for others in need. New research shows that farm animals…
Animal husbandry: “You don’t want to know that the schnitzel on your plate was more intelligent than your two-year-old.”
Cows, pigs and goats maintain friendships and have individual character traits. It is becoming increasingly clear to researchers: intelligent, sentient beings are on the slaughterhouse. What does this mean for…