Our relationship with pets has changed drastically in recent decades. Pet ownership is at an all-time high, with a recent survey finding 69 percent of Australian households have at least one pet. We spend an estimated A$33 billion (US$21 billion) every year on caring for our fur babies. While owning a pet is linked to ...
All things in this world have a spiritual nature, including animals. Saved animals will always repay the benefactors that helped them. A dog rescued its master and caught the bandit A merchant made a lot of money doing business in Wuhu, China. He prepared to go home, and so he rented a boat. When he ...
In life, we unconsciously create many karmic debts, including the killing of animals. Since our actions create karma, the karmic retribution for those actions will inevitably come. Sincere repentance allows three mute sons to speak In the past, there was a scholar in the state of Pei whose wife gave birth to triplets. However, by ...
The year is 1959. Speleologists descend a 17-meter shaft to explore the depths of Mairs Cave in the southern Flinders Ranges. Some 55 meters into the main chamber, they find fossils scattered throughout a boulder pile. Among these fossils are a claw and part of a wing bone that appear to have come from a ...
Australian native bees have evolved complex social structures and foraging behaviors that help biologists answer longstanding questions, such as the origins of social behavior, and the drivers of increased biodiversity. In European honeybees, the queen governs the hive with her sterile female workers. Meanwhile, the males are little more than freeloaders, or hangers-on (sorry boys). ...
The Chinese “spy balloon” shot down over the United States has brought the seemingly strange methods of surveillance and espionage into news headlines. Balloons have long been used for espionage — and not just for surveillance, as appears to be the case with this one. In the 1950s, Soviet soldiers in East Germany often saw ...
Stories of animals’ interactions with humans have been told since antiquity. For example, Ji Yun, chief editor of Siku Quanshu during the Qing Dynasty (1636-1912), recorded many fascinating animal stories in his book Yuewei Cottage Notes. Ji Yun’s stories demonstrate that animals are indeed sentient beings with intelligence and feelings. A calf seeks retribution after ...
Do animals have a sixth sense? The 2004 earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean caused enormous casualties in Southeast and South Asia, with at least 290,000 dead and missing. In some hard-hit areas, such as Indonesia and Sri Lanka, bodies were scattered everywhere. It was a terrible scene. The media reported that rescuers at ...
While not widely acknowledged, animal superpowers have been demonstrated in a variety of situations. It’s been shown that small animals, for example, not only have emotions like human beings, but also have superpowers which go beyond our human capabilities. Pets who know when their owners are coming home One such superpower is that of telepathy. ...
Have you ever wondered why your dog barks at the mailman? Or why your cat avoids a certain room in your house? Well, trusted animal communicator Sonya Fitzpatrick may be able to shed some light on the inner workings of your pet’s minds by using her animal communication superpowers. Growing up on a farm in ...