Wild Things: Life as We Know It
Honeyeater birds, sea slugs, tree frogs, and more
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On Their Own
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Green Energy
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It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's A Frog?
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Gourds on the Go
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Observed
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Runs With: The herd.
Recognizes: Individuals within the herd.
Unexpected Talent: Listening. In a new study, University of Sussex researchers presented a test horse with a herd mate, led the herd mate out of sight and then played a recording of a horse neighing. If it wasn't the herd mate's call, the test animal could tell—it looked fixedly in the direction of the sound, presumably surprised. It's the first demonstration of "cross-modal" recognition in animals; they identify each other by both sight and sound.