Hacker News with Generative AI: Animals

Scientists baffled as orcas seem to revive an 80s trend: dead salmon hats (theguardian.com)
Researchers suspect that orcas may be reviving a peculiar fashion statement of sorts not seen since the 1980s.
Animals, Science, Behavior, Trends, Fashion
6 points by rntn 20 hours ago | 1 comments
Zoo experiment finds 1 in 5 animals test positive for Covid (sciencealert.com)
A new paper provides a stark reminder that the virus responsible for COVID-19 is still spreading, with 9 animals out of 47 testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 at a zoo in Brazil.
Animals, COVID-19, Science, Brazil
7 points by geox 2 days ago | 1 comments
The Surprising New History of Horse Domestication (scientificamerican.com)
The world we live in was built on horseback. Many people today rarely encounter horses, but this is a recent development. Only a few decades ago domestic horses formed the fabric of societies around the globe. Almost every aspect of daily life was linked to horses in an important way. Mail was delivered by postal riders, people traveled by horse-drawn carriage, merchants used horses to transport goods across continents, farmers cultivated their land with horsepower, and soldiers rode horses into battle.
History, Animals, Science, Domestication
6 points by Brajeshwar 2 days ago | 1 comments
New Research Shows Consciousness Connects to the Universe (popularmechanics.com)
A RECENT GROUNDBREAKING EXPERIMENT in which anesthesia was administered to rats has convinced scientists that tiny structures in the rodents’ brains are responsible for the experience of consciousness.
Consciousness, Neuroscience, Science, Animals, Research
6 points by voisin 8 days ago | 0 comments
The 'giant' river crabs that live beneath Rome's ancient ruins (nationalgeographic.com)
Not much remains from the time Rome was only a marshy valley—except the crabs that have taken over ancient canals.
Animals, Archaeology, Italy
64 points by mooreds 9 days ago | 8 comments
Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016) (cbc.ca)
Animals, Wildlife, Human-Animal Interactions, Conservation
43 points by thunderbong 17 days ago | 12 comments
Biological Miracle – Wood Frog (nps.gov)
The most remarkable thing about wood frogs happens not in the summer when they transform from tadpoles to frogs, but in the winter when they hibernate.
Biology, Animals, Amphibians
505 points by thunderbong 18 days ago | 139 comments
The Surprising Social Lives of Pythons (nytimes.com)
Ball pythons were long assumed to be solitary, but scientists discovered the snakes in captivity prefer each others’ company when given the chance to live socially.
Science, Animals, Pythons, Social Behavior
16 points by Thevet 19 days ago | 5 comments
Tuffi (wikipedia.org)
Tuffi (born 1946, India – died 1989, Paris, France) was a female Asian elephant that became famous in West Germany during 1950 when she accidentally fell from the Wuppertal Schwebebahn into the River Wupper underneath.
Animals, History, Germany, Accidents
12 points by thunderbong 20 days ago | 0 comments
Japanese Raccoon Dog (wikipedia.org)
The Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus),[1] also known by its Japanese name tanuki (Japanese: 狸, タヌキ),[2] is a species of canid endemic to Japan.
Animals, Japan, Biology
3 points by kblissett 20 days ago | 0 comments
Photo Editor for Cats (afloat.boats)
There hasn’t been a lot of advancement in the ease of use of photo editing tools, and the barrier remains fairly high.
Photo Editing, Animals, Humor
25 points by md_not_a_doctor 22 days ago | 3 comments
40 monkeys escape from research facility in South Carolina (news.sky.com)
Forty monkeys have escaped from a research facility in South Carolina.
Animals, Research, South Carolina
24 points by austinallegro 26 days ago | 17 comments
Police hunt 40 monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina research facility (nbcnews.com)
A police search is underway after 40 monkeys escaped from a research facility in South Carolina on Wednesday night.
Animals, Research, South Carolina, News
6 points by quakeguy 26 days ago | 1 comments
The US Navy Put Cameras on Dolphins and the Results Were Wild (sciencealert.com)
A buzz of clicks and gleeful victory squeals compose the soundtrack in the first footage ever recorded from the perspective of dolphins freely hunting off the coast of North America.
Animals, Science, Marine Biology, Technology
93 points by Jimmc414 28 days ago | 32 comments
Study shows bats have acoustic cognitive maps (phys.org)
Echolocating bats have been found to possess an acoustic cognitive map of their home range, enabling them to navigate over kilometer-scale distances using echolocation alone.
Science, Animals, Biology, Navigation, Cognition
75 points by wglb 28 days ago | 22 comments
Islands of the Feral Pigs (hakaimagazine.com)
In Hawai‘i, people, pigs, and ecosystems only have so much room to coexist, and the pigs exist a little too much.
Hawaii, Ecology, Animals, Environmentalism
3 points by Thevet 29 days ago | 0 comments
Super-sized doggy door helps North Vancouver family coexist with local bear (globalnews.ca)
Most people are familiar with the concept of a doggy door, but how many have had the idea to super-size the concept?
Animals, Wildlife, Design, Home Improvement
6 points by speckx 31 days ago | 0 comments
Alcohol consumption abundant in the natural world, study finds (theguardian.com)
Humans may have turned drinking into something of an art form but when it comes to animals putting alcohol away, Homo sapiens are not such an outlier, researchers say.
Alcohol, Animals, Science, Biology
15 points by c420 34 days ago | 4 comments
If You Think You Can Hold a Grudge, Consider the Crow (nytimes.com)
The brainy birds carry big chips on their shoulders, scientists say. And some people who become subjects of their ire may be victims of mistaken identity.
Animals, Science, Behavior
30 points by Hooke 35 days ago | 15 comments
Oriental hornets can't get drunk (economist.com)
Like people, many animals enjoy having a drink every now and again.
Animals, Biology, Insects
30 points by ioblomov 40 days ago | 34 comments
Dogs and the Salem Witch Trials (atlasobscura.com)
I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692.
History, New England, Animals
21 points by Caiero 41 days ago | 9 comments
Dolphin Swimming – A Review (1991) [pdf] (ist.psu.edu)
Marine Biology, Research Papers, Animals
13 points by tmshapland 46 days ago | 1 comments
Blue whale skeleton at New Bedford museum still oozing oil (wpri.com)
Those who have stopped by the New Bedford Whaling Museum have more than likely marveled over the 66-foot whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling.
Museums, Animals, Oil, History
202 points by geox 47 days ago | 78 comments
Gang of Raccoons Mobs Woman in Casper Hotel Parking Lot (cowboystatedaily.com)
Mirroring recent events in Washington state, a gang of raccoons mobbed a woman in a downtown Casper hotel parking lot but they did not injure her.
Animals, Crime, Wyoming
16 points by LinuxBender 48 days ago | 26 comments
Why birds do not fall while sleeping (cnrs.fr)
The only permanent bipeds of the animal kingdom alongside humans, birds have an extraordinary sense of balance. How do these direct descendants of the dinosaurs maintain this stability, especially when sleeping? Scientists recently succeeded in solving the mystery.
Animals, Science, Biology, Sleep
230 points by mdp2021 49 days ago | 181 comments
Student finds scorpion crawling inside Shein parcel (bbc.com)
A student got more than she bargained for when she opened a clothing parcel from fast-fashion firm Shein to discover a live scorpion.
E-commerce, Shein, Animals, Unexpected Discoveries
7 points by adrian_mrd 53 days ago | 5 comments
When Two Sea Aliens Become One (nytimes.com)
Primitive animals called comb jellies can fuse their bodies and nervous systems together.
Science, Biology, Animals, Marine Biology
11 points by Petiver 56 days ago | 3 comments
Japan's Cat Island won't survive much longer (tokyoweekender.com)
It’s an island without accommodation, shops, cafés or even any vending machines. Located a 30-minute ferry ride off the coast of Ozu city in Ehime Prefecture, it’s also a tricky place to get to. Yet despite all of this, Aoshima — commonly referred to as Cat Island — has become a popular tourist spot down the years. The reason is, of course, the large number of cats that inhabit the place.
Tourism, Japan, Animals, Environmentalism
82 points by PaulHoule 57 days ago | 75 comments
After a Decade, Scientists Unveil Fly Brain in Detail (nytimes.com)
Scientists have mapped out how 140,000 neurons are wired in the brain of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster.
Neuroscience, Biology, Research, Science, Animals
7 points by Hooke 62 days ago | 2 comments
An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped (economist.com)
FRUIT FLIES are smart. For a start—the clue is in the name—they can fly. They can also flirt; fight; form complex, long-term memories of their surroundings; and even warn one another about the presence of unseen dangers, such as parasitic wasps.
Neuroscience, Biology, Science, Animals
594 points by teleforce 62 days ago | 195 comments