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Chicken whisperers: Humans crack the clucking code      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A new study has found humans can tell if chickens are excited or displeased, just by the sound of th ...

Biology: Zoology Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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The crow's best friend: Humans      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A new study has found that when humans are suddenly absent from the urban environment, the activity ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Zoology Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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How 'winner and loser effects' impact social rank in animals -- and humans      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A new article provides a narrative review of the relevant similarities and distinctions between nonh...

Biology: Zoology Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Goats can tell if you are happy or angry by your voice alone      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Goats can tell the difference between a happy-sounding human voice and an angry-sounding one, accord ...

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Smell of human stress affects dogs' emotions leading them to make more pessimistic choices      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Dogs experience emotional contagion from the smell of human stress, leading them to make more 'pessi ...

Biology: Cell Biology Biology: Microbiology Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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What fat cats on a diet may tell us about obesity in humans      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Pet cats may be excellent animal models for the study of obesity origins and treatment in humans, a ...

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Great apes playfully tease each other      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Babies playfully tease others as young as eight months of age. Since language is not required for th...

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The 'unknome': A database of human genes we know almost nothing about      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers hope that a new, publicly available database they have created will shrink, not grow, ov...

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Eurasian jays can use 'mental time travel' like humans, study finds      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Eurasian jays can remember incidental details of past events, which is characteristic of episodic me...