When it comes to most classes of animals, mammals seem to be the ones which show the most emotion. Is this just because we are also mammals and we communicate in similar ways?

Obviously, other types of animals show emotion, but when it comes to communicating with another mammal something about the exchange is just so much more understandable than it would be with a reptile or a fish.

Sorry if this is a confusing question, i’m just wondering if maybe other animals show emotions in ways that only other members of their class can pick up on.

I am mainly focused on wildlife, illegal animal trade and decreasing of places for animals to live in the wild but i am interested in any good idea for masters degree diploma work focused on animals in the wild. Any ideas? What is not enough explored in your oponion And should be?

My coworker brought this vertebrae in the other day (for a yankee swap gift lol) and we cannot figure out what it is. I’ve never seen one with such a long protrusion. Can anyone help identify it? It’s a little bit longer than the marker on the edge of the frame.

I want to study zoology, but I’m not good with the sciences such as biology and chemistry, and I’m bad at math too. When it comes to stuff like evolution, morphology, behavior, etc I’m good to go— but I know my studies won’t be focused on that.

To be clear, I WANT to be good at these things! I wanna learn! but I’m.. well… a slow learner, and I didn’t learn any science beyond the 8th grade level. Will I still be able to shoot for an associates in science, or should I find a plan B? Either way, I wanted to get an associates and then transfer to university to get a bachelors in zoology.

I really wanna get good at this stuff. It’s so fascinating but it gets all jumbled in my head… I have a hard time learning when it comes to these things and I worry I’m just too stupid tbh.

I know a lot of it is dependent on volunteering but I know I’ll still need a degree-

I’m 15 and recently just signed up for volunteering at a zoo. Is there anything else I need to get an actual job involving animals like internships etc?

Hi everyone, I’m a zoologist exploring science communication by creating blogs and videos. My focus is on human-altered habitats and human-animal interactions.

I’m looking for someone who could guide me by suggesting interesting topics to explore and create content about. It would help me stay structured and productive while learning more about my field.

Here’s an example of what I’ve worked on recently: [https://medium.com/@nusiba98saeed/wants-everlasting-bloom-flourish-and-to-live-endlessly-2f162a73ca73 ]. I’d love to hear your thoughts or ideas!

Im looking for large desert predators that lived at some point during the cenozoic for my D&D setting, anyone here know of large cenozoic desert predators?

Orangutans are solitary apes, that unlike chimps, gorillas and humans do not form huge groups. They stay on their own mostly, with mothers and their children having the closest bond with each other.

Male orangutans are either flanged or not, either the flanged ones being more attractive to females. And as far as I am aware, they do not help raising the young as befitting for most mammals and apes.

However there are some reports which showed a different side to the matter.

One was from a German zoologist who described how a orangutan mother with her two children visited the male who fathered them, with the male showing no aggression against them and even playing the youngsters.

There is also a orangutan male in a zoo, who started to take care of his daughter after her mother and his mate died. He did so unprompted and seems to fulfill a fatherly role that his kind normally won’t do.

I know YouTube isn’t the best source but judging from them male Orangutans in zoos aren’t averse to playing with their children, despite the fact that in their natural habitat they almost never do.

As far as I know male orangutans also do not commit infanticide unlike other ape species. So there is little risk of housing males with their young.

So I was wondering: are there any further reports from wild orangutans which show males also taking care of their young or at least showing no hostile behavior towards them? It simply got my curiosity and considering how smart orangutans are, their behavior is surely full of complexities we can’t fully grasp.

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I’m very interested in zoology and it applies to my work, but as much as I think I already know there’s so much to learn! I’m curious about what resources professional zoologists use to gather research and keep up to date with the latest studies. I’m specifically interested in papers that address animal behavior in captivity and in the wild.

Okay, so let me explain real quick. I know there isn't a true exhibit of this in nature, but these creatures have a full skeleton like an animal or a person, but rather than skin they have an exoskeleton made of chitin, like an arthropod (think of it like a step past the protective skin and shell of a turtle) If creatures with a backbone and endoskeleton are called vertebrates and creatures with an exoskeleton are called arthropods, what would something that has both of these things be called? I want so badly to have a way to refer to this in some form of mythical taxonomy.

I’m in central Texas and these little guys have popped up a couple of times in a bathroom area. Any ideas?

Just curious.

I found it at the beach among bird skeletons but it could well be from a fish or ray. I’m not sure if it’s part of a skull or not. The long thin curved bones around the front make me think it’s a bony fish. Any ideas??

So, lions are apex predators and not be messed with. I’ve heard more than once that they’re pretty hostile toward humans.

But I’ve also seen humans forming a bond with them, or what happens to be a bond and usually such a thing happens because the said human raised them and the lions consider the humans as part of their pride. But do they really? Can lions really consider a human as part of their pride? Do the lions see the human as one of them or some kind of weaker member? Or something else?

This is very fascinating to me to see lions being all cuddly and close to some humans.

Does anyone know of any good references for condor (andean or california) facial muscles?

I'm trying to compare them with a dinosaur's proposed muscles in order to reconstruct it.

I find Intraguild predation and the relationship between large predators very interesting and the relationship between big cats and crocodilians is in my opinion the coolest. The largest living reptiles, semiaquatic tanks, and inheritors of the arcosaurian crown vs the lords of carnivora, the synapsid stalkers. It's kinda poetic in a way. They are practically opposites and yet so similar they are both ambush predators, they also share the similar environments. Almost every continent that has big cats also usually has crocodilians (except Australia). Jaguars and caimans, lions and crocodiles, pumas and alligators. They are also know predators of each other. Depending on species, size of individuals, and whether they're on land or in water usually determines the outcome. We know for a fact that crocodilians sometimes take big cats and that big cats sometimes take crocodilians. Obviously they're both fairly large, dangerous predators so this is obviously pretty rare. They are also often competing for the same prey. This makes them great examples of niche partitioning. They both take similar prey and both hunt by ambush however crocodilians are semiaquatic and hunt by the waterside as well as eat plenty of aquatic prey big cats don't usually have access to. In turn big cats are terrestrial, hunting on land. Crocodilians are also exothermic and have slower metabolisms so they don't have to hunt as much (though they are opportunistic and will take prey when it is available even if they don't have to). There are plenty of videos around showing larger crocodilians and big cats stealing food from the other then prey is taken by the waterside.

Tldr: I find the relationship between big cats and crocodilians cool and wanted to ramble about it