Tag Archive: animal behavior

Once Again it is Proven:

This video is from a talk given at TED by Dr. Frans B. M. de Waal. It’s almost 17 minutes long and is about moral behavior seen in animals. While it is preaching to the choir here at AU, (and it involves animals being ‘studied’), but you may still enjoy seeing the setup of the…

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In Hawaii they now have an ordnance banning barking dog who go on for 10 minutes or more. But judges are waiving fines if defendants get their dogs some dog counseling to stop the barking. From the Wall Street Journal: [subscription required] Dogs probably aren’t yowling more than before. Instead, officials in places like Hawaii…

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.

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