Recent questions tagged animals

Description : Was Therizinosaurus a carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore?

Last Answer : Google can be your friend. Apparently they were herbivores, with long necks to out compete for foliage.

Description : What should I do?

Last Answer : Nothing. This isn’t your matter to resolve.

Description : Is cuteness in young animals an evolutionary advantage?

Last Answer : No. Other animals eat young animals because they’re hungry. It’s a basic survival thing, not about being cute.

Description : Would you ever kiss a wolf?

Last Answer : Nope, no interest. Don’t know what butt that tongue last licked

Description : What is your favorite animal? Why?

Last Answer : First of, it's, obviously, my cat, Tsounouri. He doesn't love me, unconditionally, and I like that. He makes me really laugh, every day almost, unintentionally, and for that I love him. And we ... . They are found on all extreme places on Earth. Plus, they're very cute (though very small).

Description : Do horses really need to wear shoes?

Last Answer : In some restaurants, they are forced to. They would probably prefer to dine casually unshod, but rules are rules.

Description : Why did people make horse shoes?

Last Answer : I believe they are put on horses hooves to protect them from rough surfaces.

Description : Is it only males that fight for territory?

Last Answer : Females will, to some extend, defend territory when they have young in a den/nest/etc. Males fight for territory for the sake of any females that may come into that area/herd.

Description : What is the tick grazing strategy of the common Opossum?

Last Answer : Well ticks hang out everywhere in the grass and the woods. It astonishes me that we have been camped for 4 months in an RV park, right next to the woods. Cato has yet to lug home a tick.

Description : Do you accept the fact that humans are primates?

Last Answer : Of course. I think I prefer most chimps, gorillas, and especially orangutans, to many people.

Description : What wild birds do you see around you?

Last Answer : Robins, cardinals, finches, red winged blackbirds,sparrows and since I am near water, Great Blue Herons, osprey, cormorants and egrets. And lots of seagulls at the beach.

Description : Have you ever seen a bird feeder ignored?

Last Answer : Update: Oooh, oooh! A house finch couple are on the sock now! Anyway, I am surprised it took two months. Is that normal?

Description : How does a seeing eye dog let its owner know when to scoop its poop?

Last Answer : The dog adds a scent to his feces.

Description : Do you think that the USofA will ever become a "No Kill" country?

Last Answer : I would love it and support it, if research pans out on the financials etc..

Description : A mischievous God has removed your mouth in its entirety, and you must now choose a non-human mouth to replace it, permanently. What mouth do you choose, and why?

Last Answer : The gods mouth. So the god gets his cumampants.

Description : What predatory animal would you prefer to be killed and eaten by?

Last Answer : You

Description : If spiders and other 6+ legged animals did not exist, would humans have been creative enough to make them up in fiction?

Last Answer : Very insightful question. As you probably know, some of the creations of H.P. Lovecraft are far more alien than most fantasy creatures-yet in an unsettling way, far more familiar and threatening. As to ... Vishnu. It would just look wrong but not threatening as a Spider, Crab, or Face Hugger.

Description : It is quite easy to tell, if a human is old, since it starts looking like a human-skeleton hybrid. Why is it so much harder to tell if an animal is old?

Last Answer : Because we are human?

Description : Should we import more wild animals to America?

Last Answer : ~Send more. The last ones where delicious. Prisoners, and not animals, should be examined and put on display to find out the motivation of the reason that they commit crines. That way they can start to pay back society and we learn how to prevent future crimes.

Description : What is an animal / animals or other living creature(s) that no sports team would name their team after, or use as a mascot?

Last Answer : Nematodes.

Description : Have you ever had a snake in your toilet?

Last Answer : I would slam the lid down. I would assume that flushing would do no good. It would most likely get hung up by the trap. My sister was bitten by a water moccasin once.

Description : Would you rescue an animal if it would make you 20-30 minutes late for work?

Last Answer : I love animals much more than I love any employer. No brainer.

Description : Congratulations! You have been selected by your government's Chimera program, to enhance your inferior human body with non-human animal attributes. Which do you choose?

Last Answer : X-ray vision Ability to fly ESP or the ability to selectively capture other peoples’ thoughts.

Description : Aren't animals excluding humans intictively know what's dangerous to eat and get close to?

Last Answer : kritiper Wait till it comes back from editing.

Description : If humans had actual fur, would they have invented clothes?

Last Answer : Maybe not clothes, but definitely something with pockets.

Description : How can I get birds to feed and nest in my backyard?

Last Answer : Try lumps of suet. Different kinds of seed? A small bird bath? Is there a dog or cat in your neighborhood that might be scaring them away?

Description : What do you call feces?

Last Answer : My Mischief

Description : Do zoo animals hibernate ?

Last Answer : No, because their food is never scarce.

Description : Trivial pursuit time! (which means you can't Google). How fast can land, sea, and air animals travel?

Last Answer : 60 mph 90 mph 35 mph

Description : To dogs, chocolate is very dangerous, what is it to mice/rats (i.e something not made to kill them)

Last Answer : Are you asking what is dangerous to mice/rats the way that chocolate is dangerous to dogs, or are you asking what chocolate does to mice/rats?

Description : If animals could talk, which animal would be the most interesting and which would be the most annoying?

Last Answer : Jack Russel are supposed to be smart. So I would like talking to them. Cats too. I would not like to talk to anything that I will eat.

Description : For animal lovers; have you seen this news?

Last Answer : I hadn’t heard of this but sure, I support it 100%. I did know Elephants do grieve over herd members losses, loss of their calves. Anything to make the animals in captivity happier and healthier on all levels, by all means.

Description : What's the difference between a chipmunk and a ground squirrel?

Last Answer : Both chipmunks and ground squirrels re in the same taxonomic family sciuridae. The markings are similar, but the ground squirrel’s stripes do not extend to the head.

Description : What do you think of "emotional support animals"?

Last Answer : Horrible! Slippery slope! What is next? Sexual support animals? I am all for it!

Description : Do animals have names for calling each other?

Last Answer : I know that dolphins have names for each other. Nat Geo News article that summarizes it. Basically, each dolphin seems to have a unique whistle that acts as an identifier, a name-they'll introduce themselves ... two other species with some sort of name use, I just don't know of any others myself.

Description : Why do eyes blink in unison? (Details)

Last Answer : Because our vision is lined up in such a way that we only see correctly with both eyes, unless we turn our heads slightly. If we blinked one eye at a time, everything would appear to jump back and forth.

Description : What was your gravest encounter with an animal?

Last Answer : In my late teens I was Grouse hunting, hadn't seen a bird all day walked around this brush pile and came face to face with a Cougar not more than about 15feet between us,and the neat thing that cat made no ... hurt me nor I it, and no I wasn't afraid since I had a loaded 12 gauge in my hands.

Description : Can the HOA hold us responsible for the behavior of dogs that don’t belong to us, but are on our property?

Last Answer : answer:Just to clarify: these are not the renters' dogs? The HOA can't hold you responsible for dogs that are not yours or not those of the renters. Most likely, the driver reported the incident and ... your property, the HOA sent a letter. Push comes to shove, the HOA can't enforce their threat.

Description : What health problems do roaches face?

Last Answer : I would guess that even greater than predation, would be the huge mortality rate from poisoning. I don’t know what plagues roaches, but it’s a certainty that any species so prolific will have parasites and diseases thriving on the bounty.

Description : Which animals do people debate whether or not they are sentient?

Last Answer : I'd say most viruses and bacteria are not considered sentient but how do we know if they feel pain or discomfort? Some say fish do not feel pain but I'm pretty sure suffocating to death flopping around the ... or on the shore of a lake, rover or ocaen is not a pleasant experience for the poor fish.

Description : How many of these pictures of animals photobombing do you think were photoshopped?

Last Answer : answer:I haven't looked for any discrepancies in perspective, shadowing, or outlining, so I can't even guess at this time. However, I thought 41 was hilarious. Not only do the relative positions ... s nose and mouth, but their similar colorings (white and auburn) enhance the delightful illusion. :-)

Description : Do you have a favorite local animal to observe?

Last Answer : My favorite is when the Bald Eagles are around in the spring. We have a nesting pair just down the shoreline of our lake cabin and see them pretty much all the time when we are at the ... my second fav with watching all the Cedar Waxwings feasting on berries and bugs is another favorite of mine.

Description : Does the local widlife in your area seem extraordinarily hungry this year?

Last Answer : answer:“The squirrels usually eat my plums” OUCH!! Spiders, walked into so many webs lately, they’re everywhere & wasps, seen lots of them…bastards

Description : Why are human females the only animals that have menstruation?

Last Answer : Dogs bleed for 3 weeks when they are in season, certain species of monkeys too as well as several species of bats including the Fulvous Fruit Bat and the Elephant Shrew. Mares, while they do not bleed, excrete large amounts of pheromone laced fluids when in their Oestrous cycles.

Description : What are the best dairy goats?

Last Answer : answer:Here’s an article. www.thefreerangelife.com/best-dairy-goat-breeds/ My neighbors kept Nubians and Saanens for years for milking and cheese making. Saanens are the most prolific milkers from what I understand.

Description : What is a jonica goat?

Last Answer : Jonicas are an Italian breed of goat used mainly for milking.

Description : Psychopaths and the critter torturing connection, is it really that solid?

Last Answer : Boys should be kept busy. And yes bugs caught particular hell, and I slaughtered birds with a daisy pump. Boys may well be psychopaths for all I know. But then again, it may ... good judgement. I wonder what percentage of the people mutilating others began without first practicing on animals?

Description : Animals are just animals so why do people make such a ruckus over the treatment of some?

Last Answer : (self edit)

Description : Do you find fault in the recent incident where a 17 year old gorilla was shot dead to protect a 4 year old boy that had climbed into the gorilla's enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo?

Last Answer : I wasn’t there, but I can’t help but find fault with the parents for not adequately supervising a 4 year old.

Description : Are zoos ethically justified?

Last Answer : answer:For the most part, zoos are not the educational resource they were in a less enlightened time. Some, but few, serve a purpose in protecting species that are close to extinction. The San ... good example. But for every SD Zoo, there are fifteen more that are inhumane prisons for animals,