Animals’ sensory capabilities extend far beyond the familiar five senses of sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. They are endowed with what can be termed a “sixth sense,” a complex array of extraordinary perceptions that transcend human understanding. Magnetoreception — a unique ability to detect Earth’s magnetic field — is a prominent example of this ...
Recent news about the unexpected passing of Zhou Hai Mei, a celebrated actress from Hong Kong, in Beijing has resonated deeply in Chinese communities. Known for her roles in the 90s with TVB, a prominent television broadcaster in Hong Kong, Zhou’s sudden demise has left many in shock. However, animal premonitions foreshadowed this tragic event. ...
Imagine being stuck in the snow, surrounded by a pack of hungry wolves. Sounds like a chilling scene from a thriller movie, right? But this was a reality for a group of soldiers in China. Their unforgettable encounter unfolded in the snow-covered landscapes, where an unexpected alliance between man and beast was formed. The encounter ...
Throughout human history, countless relationships have formed between humans and animals. However, a recent study from France reveals that horses, when treated well, can become humanity’s most loyal and enduring friends. This fascinating research was published in the journal Animal Behavior. Training and testing horses The study was conducted by Carol Sankey, an animal behaviorist ...
On July 28, 1976, at 3:42 a.m. Beijing time, an earthquake 16 kilometers below the ground occurred. It had a force equivalent to 400 times that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In mere moments, Tangshan, a city of a million residents, was flattened. It seemed like an unforeseen and unstoppable catastrophe, yet nature ...
Recently, a British man swimming in the Red Sea off Egypt’s coast was bitten five times by a shark. As blood stained the waters, a pod of dolphins suddenly appeared, thwarting the shark’s attack and guiding the man to a nearby boat. He was eventually rushed to the hospital, where he received over 300 stitches, ...
Octopuses are not only wonderfully strange, but they are also intellectually fascinating. These boneless, shape-morphing, and color-changing creatures have fascinating features such as three hearts, pulsating veins, ink sacs to ward off predators, and an elaborate brain. Researchers recently found yet another exciting thing about octopuses — they sleep, and maybe even dream, just like ...
The animal world is full of different types of intelligence, from the simple bodily coordination of jellyfish to the navigation abilities of bees, the complex songs of birds, and the imaginative symbolic thought of humans. All of these manifestations of intelligence are due to having a brain. In an article published in Proceedings of the ...
The spiritual bond between humans and animals is very real and has been recognized across cultures and throughout history. Birds, as living beings with a soul, can play a part in human affairs and have even been known to seek justice for their benefactors as can be seen in the following two stories from ancient ...
Dog behavior is extraordinarily flexible — this is why we can keep them in our homes and take them to cafes with us at the weekend. Nevertheless, there are ways in which evolution has not equipped dogs for the challenges of living in our world, and puppies must learn how to cope. Some of the ...
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