Curious Animals
Animals it seems can have emotions like us. Scientists are beginning to link animal facial expressions to emotions, making it possible for us to understand how they feel.
" An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language" Martin Buber
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About the picture: Dreaming
Chimpanzees are our closest relatives. We tend to think from their expressions that they are showing our human emotions. How far this is true in fact may be quite limited. Studies of behavior show a clear difference in their perspective of the world. They appear to have a better photographic memory than us but their focus is to the objects of importance in their world. Consequently they neglect the social context and an understanding of the overall meaning of what they see which we are good at.
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About the picture: Would you like to play
Otters love to play. Scientists have been hard-pressed to find practical reasons for the playfulness of the adult otter. The most reasonable explanation may be to reinforce social bonds and encourages group cohesion. But play is a luxury when food is plentiful. Otters that live where food is difficult to come by instead focus most of their energy on solitary hunting.
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About the picture: Lunch is interrupted
Nuts are a favorite food of squirrels. They are easily able to break open the hard outer casing to reach the soft kernel within. The fallow deer fawn is a pretty animal with a strongly spotted coat to camouflage it from predators. It generally remains in hiding in bushes or undergrowth with the female deer returning every four hours or so to feed it. Here in the picture it has discovered the squirrels in a quiet clearing.
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Uncertainty
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Curiosity
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Catch me if you can
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Loving being Lazy
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My favourite spot
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