Tag: animals
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A Kestrel Hovering in Mid-Air
This amazing video shows a kestrel hovering in mid-air while keeping its head perfectly still. Because of this remarkable ability, the kestrel is sometimes known in English as a windhover. The bird turns directly into the wind, rapidly beats its wings, and spreads its tail into a broad fan. Meanwhile, its head remains almost completely…
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Male chickadees with better spatial memory father more offspring outside their social pair
A new study of wild mountain chickadees suggests that cognitive ability may influence not only survival, but also reproductive success. Mountain chickadees are small, socially monogamous birds that live year-round in the mountains of western North America. During autumn and winter, they hide thousands of food items across their territories and later rely on spatial…
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Octopuses use mirrors to find food they cannot see
Even so, the study adds another remarkable ability to the growing list of traits that make octopuses some of the most fascinating and intelligent animals in the ocean.
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Mushrooms can exchange information
In a natural environment, fungi form dynamic communication networks and react quickly to the local appearance of resources.