Hacker News with Generative AI: Animal Behavior

Rats learned to drive (theconversation.com)
Rats will choose to take a longer route if it means they get to enjoy the ride to their destination.

Animal Behavior, Science, Research

230 points by uprootdev 2 days ago | 96 comments

The Argonaut Octopus Has Mastered the Free Ride (defector.com)
In 2019, the photographer Harris Narainen had just wrapped up a night dive off Anilao in the Philippines and begun his staggered ascent to the surface when his dive leader pointed a flashlight at something bright and yellow.

Marine Biology, Photography, Animal Behavior

80 points by zdw 15 days ago | 12 comments

Cats may be able to learn human words (nautil.us)
Felines may be able to learn human words.

Animal Behavior, Language, Research

50 points by dnetesn 19 days ago | 57 comments

Long-term tracking of social structure in groups of rats (nature.com)
Rodents serve as an important model for examining both individual and collective behavior. Dominance within rodent social structures can determine access to critical resources, such as food and mating opportunities. Yet, many aspects of the intricate interplay between individual behaviors and the resulting group social hierarchy, especially its evolution over time, remain unexplored.

Animal Behavior, Social Dynamics, Science, Research

41 points by PaulHoule 28 days ago | 13 comments

The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication (nature.com)
Domestic animals are sensitive to human cues that facilitate inter-specific communication, including cues to emotional state.

Animal Behavior, Communication, Science, Human-Animal Interaction

17 points by libpcap 31 days ago | 1 comments

Scientists working to decode birdsong (newyorker.com)
On a drizzly day in Grünau im Almtal, Austria, a gaggle of greylag geese shared a peaceful moment on a grassy field near a stream.

Science, Ornithology, Animal Behavior, Language

166 points by tintinnabula 31 days ago | 151 comments

Bumblebee queens choose to hibernate in pesticide-contaminated soil (phys.org)
An alarming discovery from University of Guelph researchers raises concerns for bumblebee health, survival and reproduction.

Pesticides, Environmental Science, Bees, Animal Behavior, Research

78 points by andai 32 days ago | 33 comments

Rodents remotely move matter using sound to enhance their sense of smell: study (buffalo.edu)
Scientists have debated the purpose of the ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) produced by rodents since the discovery of these sounds in the 1950s.

Science, Animal Behavior, Acoustics, Research

49 points by peutetre 37 days ago | 8 comments

Octopuses and fish join forces to hunt, and discipline those who freeload (npr.org)
Octopuses and fish join forces to hunt, and discipline those who freeload

Animal Behavior, Marine Biology, Cooperation

10 points by gmays 53 days ago | 1 comments

Sea robins use leg-like fins to taste, navigate seafloor, researchers discover (phys.org)
Sea robins are ocean fish particularly suited to their bottom-dwelling lifestyle.

Science, Marine Biology, Fish, Research, Animal Behavior

54 points by wglb 54 days ago | 8 comments

Octopuses seen hunting together with fish (nbcnews.com)
Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect.

Animal Behavior, Marine Biology, Octopuses, Fish

351 points by ceejayoz 59 days ago | 262 comments

Do Animals Know That They Will Die? (theatlantic.com)
Moni the chimpanzee was still new to the Dutch zoo when she lost her baby.