Talking to animals, especially ones that can relate to humans, has always been a dream of many people. Now, however, the language of one of the most intelligent animals, the dolphin, may soon be able to be understood by humans. Although this is not a device that you can strap onto a dolphin or human and automatically be able to have a conversation, recent research has made great strides in Read More ...
Michael Vasey, professor of psychology at Ohio State University, found in his research that if you’re afraid of spiders, you tends to perceive spiders as bigger than they really are. This may feed your fear, and make it difficult to overcome. It has been found that spider phobia affects 1 in 6 males and about half of all females. Participants of the study were asked to estimate the size of Read More ...
In Bakersville, California, police have jailed a man for decapitating, cooking, and eating cats. No pets had been reported missing, so the victims of this man were presumably stray cats. What led to his strange animal cruelty investigation and the eventual downfall of the 35-year-old Jason Wilmert was that he forgot to take one important step before trying to kill the cats for food. Namely, that he forgot to sedate Read More ...
The great white sharks are imposing and dangerous predators of the oceans today. However, when matched up with some of the sea monsters of the past, it seems mild by comparison. In the past 500 million years, earth has seen some fierce predators prowl the ocean that would make quick work of any swimming animal of today. Below you can check out some of the most scary predators from the Read More ...
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) used to be known as the good and loving organization that cares deeply for the cute and cuddly animals. Well, no longer is it seen by the public as that. In the last few years, they’ve become quite a joke with their no-too-well-thought out public stunts and now they are capping it off by suing Seaworld for using Orca slave labor(Click here). Read More ...
Animal extinction rates - In the history of the earth, there have been 5 great extinctions within the last 500 million years since complex organisms arose. Each of these extinctions have been caused by either dramatic changes in the Earth’s environment or extraterrestrial forces that have conspired to destroy most of life on earth. However, many scientists say that we are in the midst of a sixth great extinction and that Read More ...
