Are chimpanzees great apes? Why are orangutans a keystone species? What makes humans more intelligent than animals? Why are chimpanzees' bottoms swollen? What are some limitations of great apes' ability for reasoning? How are humans different from great apes?
So, why are we altruistic? Who does altruism serve? The idea that we gain from helping others existed long before we could witness how the brain functions. Researchers pointed out that the sense of self-satisfaction we receive from helping another, along with the idea that we "bank" favors...
For example, some animals were seen as being warmer, such as dogs, orangutans and horses. Other animals were seen less warmly such as the prawns, tuna and frogs. In terms of competence, animals like alligators, tigers and dogs were seen as being competent and intelligent, while animals like...
Why do orangutans have long arms? Why is the giraffe in the family Giraffidae? Why do orangutans have long hair? How do giraffes survive in their habitat? Why do lemurs have long tails? What did giraffes evolve from? How is a giraffe adapted to its habitat? How tall are giraffes? Why...
But humans aren’t the only animals to laugh. We belong to the same family as other primates like chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans, all of whom laugh. Neil Even rats tickle each other and make squeaky noises like laughter whe...
NARRATOR: Listen to part of a lecture in an animal behavior class.FEMALE PROFESSOR: As you know, researchers have long been interested in discovering exactly how intelligent animals are.Today we are going to talk about a particular cognitive ability some animals seem to have—the ability to reco...
but the Bornean mammals are facing some of the most serious threats. Just as the name suggests, these orangutans are found on the island of Borneo and are part of the only genus of great apes that are native to this area. The population of orangutans overall has decreased by about 50% ...
Elephants are highly intelligent and social animals, and this means of taming them produces nothing more than one of the cruellest shows on earth where you become more than just a spectator, but a participant. Chose an Ethical Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand ...
Humans become so intelligent because human infants are so incredibly helpless, they argue;the one necessitates the other(两者都是另一方存在的必要条件). The theory is startling(令人惊讶的), but it isn’t entirely new. Researchers have been pondering the peculiarities(特质)of our birth and its ...
evolutionary incentives for babies that are born at an even earlier developmental stage, which require more intelligence to raise. This creates the dynamic: over time, helpless babies make parents more intelligent, which makes babies more helpless, which makes their parents more intelligent, and so ...