Very little is known about how animals other than ourselves — especially nonhuman primates — react to the deaths of those close to them and whether they “mourn,” as we interpret the feeling. But recently, researchers at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust in Zambia, where wild-born chimpanzees that have been rescued from illegal trade live [...]
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Bullfrog Father Knows Best
It’s not easy being green, as Kermit the Frog often reminds us. And that statement is particularly apropos if you’re an African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus). Found mostly in open grasslands and at low elevations in the sub-Saharan African countries of Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Somalia, South Africa (except for the southwestern Cape Province), [...]
