I like to start discuss today lecture by challenging some of the myths about certain animals considered to be predators of human. Take the case of wolf, people fear wolves because the tales of how wolves attack and eat people walking into the woods....
Birds are sometimes referred to as glorified reptiles, and even though modern birds are structurally very different from reptiles.Some show minor evidence of their ancestry, like scales on their feet, or claw on their toes. However, flying reptiles d...
I like to start discuss today lecture by challenging some of the myths about certain animals considered to be predators of human. Take the case of wolf, people fear wolves because the tales of how wolves attack and eat people walking into the woods....
As we've discussed, the human eye has three different types of color receptors that respond three basic colors: red, green, and blue. Or other colors are seem to combinations of these different types of the receptors. Birds, however, have receptors f...
For the next couple of weeks, we will be focusing on how animals communicate with each other.Up to now, we've had a rather narrow view of vocal warnings that animals give each other. Some recent research indicates that this communication is a lot mor...
P:All right, Jenison and Clod have been assigned read part of our discussion today on animal cognition. Are you both ready? W: Well, Clod and I looked into at the tool making ability of wild animals, and we came across an article about how a scientis...
Higher animals like dogs, horses, even human being look like their parents when they are born. There are some minor changes that occur as these animals grow. But the basic form and structure stay the same. Now this is called direct development, which...
Nature often sends signals indicating what is going to do. Some of these signals are pretty obvious others not so much. Smoke beginning to pour some out of volcano probably means that it will erupt sometime soon. Less obvious and easily overlooked is...
We've all heard the proverb beauty is only skin-deep meaning that the outward appearance is not a valuable way to judge a person's worth. But researchers studying why animals they are attracted to each other had found the opposite may be truth for an...
As you all know, Dr.Nelson's assignment was for each of us to find a little scientific puzzle to research and solve. Well, mine was why don't spiders get stuck in their own webs--a pretty good question if you ask me. Someone even read a thesis on it...
