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7 βήματα βασισμένα σε κτηνιατρική επιστήμη:

🔹 Προληπτική κτηνιατρική φροντίδα
🔹 Σταδιακή προσαρμογή σε αλλαγές
🔹 Κοινωνικοποίηση & εκπαίδευση
🔹 Δημιουργία ασφαλούς καταφυγίου
🔹 Αναγνώριση σημαδιών στρες

Πλήρες άρθρο: https://thespet.blogspot.com/2026/02/proetoimasia-skiliou-gia-erxomo-morou-sto-spiti.html

#Dogs #Pets #AnimalWelfare #PetCare #OpenKnowledge #ΖώαΣυντροφιάς #Κτηνιατρική #DogTraining #EthicalPetOwnership #AnimalBehavior

Watch Kanzi the bonobo pretend to have a tea party https://arstechni.ca/hwFz #animalcognition #animalbehavior #primatestudies #Science #Biology #bonobos

Animals Say Hello, but Do They Say Goodbye?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/animals-say-hello-but-do-they-say-goodbye

Surprisingly, this resulted in no barking or reprisal, but did not manage to remove the dog from the comfy couch. #DogsOfMastodon #catsOfMastodon #AnimalBehavior

6th grader's science fair project answers age-old question: 'Do cat buttholes touch everything?'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/cat-butthole-science-experiment-goes-viral-ex1

World’s First Tool-Using Cow Shocked Cognitive Scientists - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq3odE3OuGA

#Animals #Cows #AnimalBehavior #AnimalIntelligence

RE: https://mastodon.social/@theperpetuallycurious8/115645741741942994

🥁 Did you know a baby gorilla’s gentle chest pats are the first steps toward one of the forest’s most powerful signals?

As adults, male gorillas produce chest beats that can travel over half a mile. Research shows these drumming patterns encode body size and vary between individuals, carrying presence through the forest canopy.

🌿 Every beat tells a story.

✍️ More circles of care await in the original thread ⬇️

#Apes #Primates #AnimalBehavior #Wildlife #Biodiversity #TPC8

Spider monkeys do more than search for fruit. A seven-year study shows they swap “insider knowledge” by constantly reshuffling social groups, building a shared map of where and when trees ripen. Collective intelligence in action. #Primatology #AnimalBehavior #Evolution https://www.primatology.net/p/the-forest-as-a-rumor-mill-how-spider

This is amazing! "We" observed a #Cow using a Tool for multiple Purposes!

- Article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059
- Video(s):
- https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059/asset/be3394f8-a4c7-429f-9aae-98e94e25acf6/main.assets/mmc4.mp4
- https://youtu.be/3rX1dx8HpL0

Veronica, the Cow, has adapted to use a Stick to itch and massage their Body selectively with the various Textures available on the Surface of the Stick.

#AnimalBehavior #ComparativePsychology #Psychology #AnimalFacts #Bovine #Bos_taurus #CognitiveEthology #Ethology #Cognition #Sociobiology #AnimalConsciousness #Ecology

Scientists Discover Your Cat’s Purr Is More Unique Than Its Meow

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-your-cats-purr-is-more-unique-than-its-meow/

#science #biology #animals #animalbehavior #cats #caturday #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon

There's a crow standing in the bird bath, eating kernels of corn that they dropped in the water to let them soak.

#animalbehavior #birds

‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/veronika-is-the-first-cow-known-to-use-a-tool/

Veterinarian shares 7 signs a cat loves you, even if it seems like they couldn't care less

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/7-signs-a-cat-loves-you-ex1

#DomesticatedAnimals have distinct personalities similar to how people are. It's true though, that specific breeds have certain inherent traits such as herding dogs wanting to herd whatever/whoever is nearby!
🐏🐕☺🐑🐶

IMO: our pets, especially cats/dogs ~ tend to take on the general vibe of the household they live in. So, for example ~ if the home is on the hectic side, They may be more anxious or unpredictable in Their behavior.

What are YOUR thoughts on this?

#DOGS #CATS #PETS #AnimalBehavior

San Francisco coyote swims to Alcatraz

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-coyote-alcatraz-21302218.php

#HackerNews #SanFrancisco #coyote #Alcatraz #wildlife #news #animalbehavior

The perfect story to take your mind off other news: Veronika, a cow in Austria, has been documented not only using a tool - a broomstick - but using it in different ways to scratch different parts of her body. 🧪 #animals #animalbehavior #intelligence www.livescience.com/animals/land...

Ever seen a pet cow pick up a ...

A new study describes the first documented case of tool use by a cow - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/Cotl1

#Nature #Animals #AnimalBehavior

Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow https://arstechni.ca/GpLb #animalcognition #animalbehavior #animaltooluse #Science #animals #Biology

yesterday i learned about the scheming Heliconia species which has a slot machine pay-off way of doing business -- some slots on the flower have extra sugar, most have none, it keeps the hummingbirds hooked on coming back in hopes of a big pay off...same psychology that gets humans hooked on slot machines & lotteries...

see how he spins? he's thinking, "this is the one, I am SO due"

#AnimalBehavior #Hummingbird #Bird #Heliconia #Nature #Psychology #BirdsOfMastodon #Neotropics

i did not know that Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers use tools until today when I photographed one who appears to be using a carefully selected pine needle to probe into a sap well

is this a common behavior?

#Bird #Birding #Woodpecker #Endangered #ToolUse #AnimalBehavior #Wildlife #PineForest #Nature