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So birds didn't come from dinosaurs.

One almost needs health insurance for one's pets.

My cat chewed on electrical cords briefly, but I shooed her away from them and that seemed to solve the problem.

Nice cat duet!

Good video about cats. The sense of "guilt" was interesting.

Here is something about bee intelligence I ran into today by accident: https://flowartstation.com/2017/08/04/intelligence-test-shows-bees-can-learn-to-solve-tasks-from-other-bees/

Sorry to read about the lion.

I had not seen narwhals before either. The technique of using drone cameras seems to be useful. So there are unicorns in the sea!

The story of the octopus mother dying after her young hatched was touching. The Meerkats show animals teaching and learning.

They are very different. One is rooted and the other is mobile. One you can eat part of it and it grows back. The other is not so fortunate.

It's not new, but the significance of that early knowledge hasn't sunk in. Basically, plants can learn and make choices.

I don't think the current research is worth reading unless one wants to continue that research. According to Mancuso and Viola ("Brilliant Green", page 68) this knowledge about mimosa pudica was...

The whiskers on cats and the simulation of a cat's brain sound interesting. That dogs and cats understand what we say to them makes sense. Plants may also understand us as well.

It doesn't surprise me that animals have memories because the brain would be a way for animals to access memories. I wonder where the content of that memory lies. I don't think it's in the brain. ...

Those koalas are cute whether they are bears or not.

Doves (or pigeons) seem to fit cities like seagulls fit beaches. It would be less pleasant without them.

I didn't realize doves and pigeons are very similar birds until you mentioned them. Doves make me think of "peace" and pigeons, well, I have heard them described as "flying rats". I haven't heard...

They could be pigeons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbidae

I thought the Columbina was "dove", but I am just guessing.

Doves are such peaceful-looking birds.

Those were beautiful photographs in the gallery.

Thanks for the links on Haidt. I finished the book and I think it is more political posturing than I originally expected.

Haidt's Moral Foundation Theory is very good when he stays close to his experimental evidence which is mainly tests on human subjects including use of fMRI data. His research is able to isolate six...

I think those crows showed shared intentionality when they grouped together to attack the researchers.

I wonder if animals have "shared intentionality"? Reading Haidt ("The Righteous Mind") he seems to think only humans have that, but I wonder. This would be like two animals communicating to do...

They are like cats playing together.

I agree. We won't get very far without harmony.