Researchers explore whether parrot has concept of zero
A bird may have hit on a concept that eluded mathematicians for
centuries—possibly during a temper tantrum.
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/exclusives-nfrm/050701_parrotzero.htm
Lions rescued kidnapped girl, say police
June 21 2005 at 03:55PM
By Anthony Mitchell
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Police say three lions rescued a 12-year-old
girl kidnapped by men who wanted to force her into marriage, chasing off
her abductors and guarding her until police and relatives tracked her
down in a remote corner of Ethiopia.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw111936222132B231
Tool use a family tradition in dolphin clan, researchers say
June 6, 2005
Courtesy Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
and World Science staff
Scientists are studying an extended family of dolphins in Western
Australia who use tools, and have concluded that the behavior is a
family tradition.
The bottlenose dolphins break marine sponges off the seafloor and wear
them over their snouts to probe into the seafloor for fish.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/050606_dolphinfrm.htm
Scientists report new evidence that elephants communicate underground
Posted May 31, 2005
Courtesy Stanford University
and World Science staff
Scientists say preliminary findings from a new study seem to confirm
that elephants can communicate through underground signals.
The findings might explain reports that trained elephants in Thailand
became agitated and fled from the tsunami that killed more than 200,000
people in southeast Asia on Dec. 26. Their escape saved their own lives
and those of tourists riding on their backs.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/050531_elephantfrm.htm
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