Tag Archive: animal behavior

Is fine horsemanship an art form? What makes a horseman or woman “great”?

By Staci Grattan-Fornshell of Spirit Horse Center in Brainerd Minnesota – http://www.spirithorsecenterinc.com  In 2011 Toni Wasilensky, Dr. Don Wasilensky and I attended a conference in Wisconsin on Equine Conformation and Anatomy presented by Dr. Deb Bennett. While her overall presentation style was not what I was expecting, she did give me some food for thought. Dr….

Too much, too little or just right?

Animal University’s Terri Goon shared this link for an interesting article written by Catherine Bell, The Roll of the Practitioner. Are we practitioners taking on too much? Overstepping? Or right on the mark? Something to consider. Thank you, Terri, for sharing.   Read more  

A Crow and the Use of a Tool Just to Have Fun

Enjoy! hat tip to Marc Beckoff in Psychology Today who also links to a dolphin and humpback playing together. So click through and enjoy some fun.

Happy New Year!!

And what a happy new year it’s going to be too. Do you know how I know that? Because look at what I get to blog about today. Tickling, and giggling and laughing. And animals doing “one more thing” that was once thought to be only a human trait. An original study in 2009 led…

Bee Hive Decision Making

Apparently before deciding on a new spot for the hive, scouting bees will search out good locations, come back to the hive and then do a bee jig to communicate the good points of the new spot. The rest of the hive follows the best dancing scout to the best location. But what if 2…

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