I've never read anything about feline cognition, I'm a dog guy. But, the reading I've done says that the test for self-recognition is to put them in front of a mirror with a small dab of odd colored paint on their forehead, or a ssomething otherwise abnormal to their coat. If they try to remove it, it's self-recognition and at least in the case of canines, fairly rare.
Odd Animal Facts or "Facts"
- Thread starter LarryAndro
- Start date
I've never read anything about feline cognition, I'm a dog guy. But, the reading I've done says that the test for self-recognition is to put them in front of a mirror with a small dab of odd colored paint on their forehead, or a ssomething otherwise abnormal to their coat. If they try to remove it, it's self-recognition and at least in the case of canines, fairly rare.
Interesting idea, but I can't think of what or how to put something on my cat without her knowing *before* looking in the mirror!
They also don't pass wind.
I've been known to spend a bunch of money on shave gear. Now that's strange.
My dads dog farts and scares his self. Just lying there asleep, let's one rip and runs into the next room thinking something is after him. Strange dog
My dads dog farts and scares his self. Just lying there asleep, let's one rip and runs into the next room thinking something is after him. Strange dog
Now just which government agency spent millions on scientific studies to find out this little tidbit?
The fact that pacific salmon are born in a creek somewhere, swim to the ocean as infants (that's not the technical term, but you know ... ), spend years swimming about the ocean, and then manage to find their way back upstream to the same creek to spawn and die.
Friggin' awesome.
Oh, and my sister was bitten by a moose.
Friggin' awesome.
Oh, and my sister was bitten by a moose.
Ok, Ralphie. Let me guess, you also fell down & broke your wookie
All polar bears are left handed.
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".
Venison is the cheapest meat there is. Anytime you want to eat some Deer Steak, all it costs is One Buck.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!
Mike the Headless Chicken (April 1945 March 1947), also known as Miracle Mike, was a Wyandotte chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been mostly cut off. Thought by many to be a hoax, the bird was taken by his owner to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City to establish its authenticity.
See the full article in Wikipedia
See the full article in Wikipedia
I was doing a pub trivia contest one night, and one of the questions was "have fast can a wild turkey run?" The answer given as correct was 50mph. Now I've seen a wild turkey run, and they are fast. But not that fast. Can't believe someone at the company that writes the questions saw that somewhere on the internet and didn't double check it....
(Also, yes, I was enough of a nerd to do considerable research on the internet. One obviously erroneous source did report that number. But the consensus was around twenty-something.)
(Also, yes, I was enough of a nerd to do considerable research on the internet. One obviously erroneous source did report that number. But the consensus was around twenty-something.)
Badgers recognize each other by the black&white pattern on their heads.
Pretty sure it was Aussie scientists. It's caused by a bacteria in the kangaroo stomach (I think) so they want to see if it could be used for cows - to reduce the amount of methane they produce.
the barnacle is truly the stud of the animal world as its penis is seven times its body length!
There is a type of fruit fly that has sperm cells that are 5.8cm long when uncoiled. The longest of any knowm organism on Earth.
My youngest Wheaten Terrier really likes fruit, like oranges, mango and melon.
He will reject shrimps.
He will reject shrimps.
Some species are also facultative transsexuals. (they change gender depending on need.
)My Rottweiler could eat a bagel in about one second but took about a minute to get a single raisin down.
She was not allowed to beg at the table so she sat about 15 feet away and we would occasionally throw her a tidbit (bagel, raisin, whatever). She cold catch anything. Yes, I know this is a bit uncouth, but we both had fun!
I know of another Rottweiler whose training went a bit awry. She knew sit, down, stay, etc. but took "stay" to mean stay down but not stay in one place. When told "down, stay" she would literally crawl to wherever she wanted to go.
She was not allowed to beg at the table so she sat about 15 feet away and we would occasionally throw her a tidbit (bagel, raisin, whatever). She cold catch anything. Yes, I know this is a bit uncouth, but we both had fun!
I know of another Rottweiler whose training went a bit awry. She knew sit, down, stay, etc. but took "stay" to mean stay down but not stay in one place. When told "down, stay" she would literally crawl to wherever she wanted to go.
Some species are also facultative transsexuals. (they change gender depending on need.
Similar to clown fish. They live in pairs and when the female dies the dominant male changes to a female and choose the biggest neuter clownfish in the group to become the new male.
Finding Nemo would have been a different film entirely had it follwed those sequence of events.
Similar threads
