Today’s entry is a WikiHow article titled, “How to Paint Duck Decoys.” Apparently hunters paint fake ducks to attract real ducks to a particular area, because the birds are social animals. If it were me, I would have these artistic hunters follow their artistic side more closely than their hunting side. … More How to Paint Duck Decoys
Today’s entry is an actual research article published in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, titled, “Mammary Gland Tumors in Captive African Hedgehogs.” I’m still not entirely sure why they would want to do this, but these researchers analyzed the tumors in mammary glands (nipples) of eight white-bellied African pygmy hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris). Sadly, most of the tumors were malignant. … More Mammary Gland Tumors in Captive African Hedgehogs
Today’s entry is an actual research article published in the Journal of Zoology, titled, “The energetics of lactation in the Northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris.” These dedicated 1986 researchers wanted to figure out how much weight mother elephant seals lost while fasting and nursing their pups. The answer was “a lot.” Maybe I should’ve posted this on Mother’s Day… … More The energetics of lactation in the Northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
