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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. Chimpanzees and elephants grieve the loss of family and friends, and gorillas hold wakes for the dead. He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited. by Marc Bekoff.

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What happened with Archaeopteryx?

10,000 Birds

Most deer and antelopes descend from smaller ancestors … this group of animals got bigger over time in many lineages … but there are plenty of reversals. And this is where the latest research related to Archaeopteryx comes in. Body size would be an example of a trait with too much lability in many animals.

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