*”Egregious” aggression should be defined by the individual shelter, but some defining characteristics could be (a) a bite that requires medical treatment, (b) an injurious bite that the dog could have avoided inflicting but opted to bite rather than retreat, (c) an injurious bite delivered ...
While a massive dinosaur with a mouthful of banana teeth that could deliver a bite with 1440 pounds of force in the front part of its jaw and 3011 in the back would seem to be a bit of a no-brainer in the hunting department, some paleontologists suggest that their massive legs may have...
But within 24 hours the two were getting along famously, and have remained friends. Hippo and human (Image credit: National Geographic Channel.) Aw! Is that hippo smiling? Is it because he loves the human? Or because he is planning to kill the human? Since this show is all about ...
As a comparison, Austin Animal Center only had 1% of its dogs and 2% of its nonreclaimed dogs lose their lives in 2018. Thus, New York ACC had dogs lose their lives at 21 times and 12 times Austin Animal Center’s rates for all dogs and nonreclaimed dogs. Unfortunately, New York ACC...
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an organelle originally regarded as the cell’s trash can. Since its discovery in 1955 by Christian de Duve [1], the lysosome has emerged as a cellular signaling center [2,3,4] that facilitates degradation, homeostasis, and growth. Autophagy delivers cargoes to the lysosome in response to in...
This was the cat version of "I could bite you, but I'm choosing not to. Quit messing with me, ok?" At that moment, we came to terms on a gentleman's agreement and I respected him. We had an amazing bond after that incident and we had a great relationship after that. Photo b...
when i tentatively sprayed water on them, the sound of their buzzing instantly changed from cranky keep awaaayyyy from me, low bass notes – to a high pitched yay for BEEEEEEEE sound.. sooo beautiful! they left exactly 24hours later – the sound as they left, was incredible – like a...
Venemous spiders bite their prey, wrap them in silk, and dissolve them in digestive fluid [46]. Even less fortunate are victims of the Amazonian Allomerus decemarticulatus worker-ants, which build a trap out of plant fibers to catch passers-by [28]. The device has been dubbed a "torture...
A bite from a Brown Recluse is usually painful, but not necessarily deadly. Things get serious, however, if a bite becomes systemic. The venom can attack the body's red blood cells through a process called hemolysis, leaving patients in need of a concentrated red blood cell transfusion. ...