by Anthony | Jan 20, 2017 | Biobullets
Cuon alpinus photo © Johan Spaedtke Canis lupus photo © Kristi Herbert CC-BY-2.0 Hunting dogs hide their wolfish emotions The wolf, Asian hunting dog and African hunting dog all rely on hunting large herbivores gregariously in...
by Anthony | Jan 20, 2017 | Biobullets
Puma concolor facial colouration photo © Art G The puma as an unmasked leopard Panthera pardus facial colouration photo © Tedmek The puma is the American counterpart for the leopard of Africa and Asia. Their facial colourations are, however, extremely different, the...
by Anthony | Jan 20, 2017 | Biobullets
Kiviaq, a dish made of little auks preserved in the hollow body of a seal, photo in the Public Domain Human brewing pays for the enzymes lost by stewing Cooking speeds digestion but also makes food more costly to digest by destroying...
by Anthony | Jan 20, 2017 | Biobullets
Oreotragus sp. photo © Public Domain Syncerus nanus photo © Jamie Lantzy Unexplained convergence of ear flags in klipspringers and buffaloes Given that klipspringers and buffaloes could hardly differ more in body size, habitat, and...
by Anthony | Jan 20, 2017 | Biobullets
Homo sapiens photo © Kelly B. Homo culinarius or Homo fermentarius? Fermentation of plums photo © brankmaster The modern human species is the only vertebrate on Earth which ferments food outside the body before eating it. Although all...
by Anthony | Jan 19, 2017 | Biobullets
Matorral, central Chile photo © Inao Vásquez An evolutionary decision to spurn combustive consumption The prime example, worldwide, of fire behaving as a biological property rather than an environmental imposition is in the matorral of...