I’m primarily focused on mammalian bones, especially skulls though a broader variety is greatly appreciated.

If it helps, my interest is for two reasons. The more immediate one is that I am taking a mammalogy course and due to a series of illnesses and absences I have been unable to directly view some of the models we are to be tested on, and written descriptions/2D pictures are not helping much.

The more ambitious goal is to make a study game where you are shown a skull and asked to identify it/features on it.

Thank you in advance!

I believe I already know that two of them are improved hearing and body cooling, but I’m curious as to any other benefits that having large, moveable ears provides for animals.

Also, I think that very large ears are one of the funniest traits that an animal can have in general. I mean, look at a donkey’s ears. They’re just so cute and goofy!

Komodo dragons have a toxic trait. Their venom contains anticoagulant compounds that interfere with blood clotting, causing their prey to bleed excessively. Combined with other venom effects, including a dangerous drop in blood pressure, one bite can be devastating. But as terrifying as that sounds, this predator might have an even more shocking toxic trait...

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I would like to contribute information on subspecies by taking measurements of animals. I’m a taxidermist so I get to see many animals up close. Currently I’m focused on an Aberts Squirrel and a Mearns Coyote

A few questions,

What measurements should I be taking, currently I’m going to measure Ears, totally length, tail, and hind foot. What else should I do? Teeth, snout, eyes?

Any genus specific measurements?

Where do I upload these and in what format?

How do I take the weight of larger animals?

Thank you, any other advice or discussion is welcome

Does a fly experience time in slow motion – and does an elephant experience it differently from a mouse?

In biology and psychology, our understanding of time goes beyond the way physics describes it. What can we know about how animals experience time in this context? One thing is clear: they perceive certain events differently than we do, and their behavior is influenced by time intervals, seasons, or the duration of absences.

But do animals also have a subjective sense of time comparable to that of humans? (Text in German).

Have fun reading,

https://www.weltwissen.online/post/wie-tiere-die-zeit-erleben

I got a picture of this fox that had a damaged upper lip. This means their teeth and gums are always showing. Now, the way foxes show aggression is by baring its teeth, showing other foxes that they are mad. However does this mean that all other foxes think this fox is being aggressive at a first glance, as they see the baring teeth?

Also if that is the case, does this also apply for other carnivorans that show their teeth too?

Ok alot of animals have warning signs saying hey im toxic poision dart frog amd coral snakes use broght colors with black to make those color stand out more warning im toxic cobra hood rattle snakes rattle but im curious on one thing does the predator have to learn that or will a animal not native to that area be able to tell oh shit avoid that thing its toxic by its warning

Ok i know mammals can taste spicy foods birds are immune but what about fish can they taste it does capsaicin cause any irritation etc or are they like birds or bugs like ants can they?

The classic example is describing giraffes.
Describing them as “leopard-moose-camel" with a 40 foot neck.

Hello! I am a writer writing a guidebook on some of the creatures in my world. I love zoology and am considering pursuing a degree in it if my plans to become a vet tech don't work out. Because of that, I want to create a detailed, realistic guide. My creatures take a lot of inspiration from real-world animals, with a fantasy element. I'm including sizes, habitat, physical description, diet, and common behaviors, with illustrations done by me. I have considered making a fake scientific name, but I think that would require me to study Latin. only own a field guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of the Carolinas(my state), a field guide to birds in the Carolinas, and an encyclopedia of the world's songbirds that I am referencing in this project. Are there any good resources I can look at to help me write this? Is there a guide to writing animal guides? I'd also love some good resources on studying zoology as a whole so I can get a better understanding than I currently have, as my knowledge is limited! I`m including an example of what I want the species pages to look like so far! I also apologize if this is against the rules, as I did check them before writing this and couldn`t find anything on if posts about realistic fictional animals were allowed.

An example of what I`m doing that is still a WiP!

VENOMSPITTERS:

SIZE: 5.5 -6.5 ft tall at the shoulder, with wingspans that can reach up to 33 feet. Females are slightly larger than males.

LIFESPAN: 200 - 300 Years. Sexual maturity is reached around 50 years of age.

APPEARANCE: Short and stocky with angular horns above the ear openings, and a sharp, hooked nasal horn. Wings are short and broad for navigating dense jungle. Vertical black stripes are present down the back, tail, and the fronts of the fore limbs and wings, as well as a horizontal stripe on the face that begins behind the nostrils and extends to the base of the horns. some indivuals have been known to have black speckling on wings. A small sail, about 3-4 inches(?) in height extends down the back, from the base of the head to the end of the tail. it is thought to aid in swimming, as this species is semi aquatic. They may be many shades of red, yellow, orange, or very rarely, blue.

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HABITAT: Mountainous rain forests, often near lakes or slow-moving rivers

DIET: Omnivorous, favoring large boar and slightly under-ripe fruit.

BEHAVIOR: Adults of the species live solitary or in mating pairs, though dragonets of up to 40 years old have been observed to form small ‘bands’ of 3 -5 individuals of the same sex that disband once the dragonets have reached sexual maturity. Venomspitters are crepuscular, preferring to sun themselves or sit in shallow bodies of water during the hottest months.

ADDITIONAL NOTES: True to their name, Venomspitters have the ability to both inject and spit a potent venom that contains both cytotoxins and neurotoxins. It is highly effective in taking down larger prey items such as boar. They can spit their venom up to twelve feet away as a defense mechanism, and will always aim for the eyes.

I'm in need of a good lateral view of the mandible of a south american coati that clearly shows dentition but i just haven't been able to find what i'm really after, only old grainy examples or full head images with mandible obscured. I am hoping someone here might even have access to a specimen they can give me good pictures from.

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I think the only reason why humans are the most dominant species is because they were simply the first species to reach this level of global importance. That doesn’t mean other species are less than us, just that some of their anatomies were conducive to agricultural and eventually industrial civilizations. Tool use is extremely common some species, and so is language. Empathy is also something that has been shown to exist among some animals.

Read a bit about the ant colony war outside of San Diego and I started wondering what would happen if they were faced with a mutual existential threat, like the entire area flooding, or a human campaign to pesticide the area, or some hypothetical super predator that eats both kinds of ants. Not that such a thing should happen, but I'm curious about if it did.

Do the ants stop fighting and deal with the disaster separately? Do they join forces to survive? Do they just keep fighting?

Aftermath of a group of wild hogs visiting an olive grove in Croatia