Tuesday, 19 May 2020

Scientists dissect the complex choices of animals

What is important when you choose a home? Space, security, light—or a combination of these? Like humans, animals make choices about where to live that have important implications for their livelihoods. But unlike humans, animals do not easily reveal the basis of their choice.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/scientists-dissect-the-complex-choices-of-animals

Ancient giant armored fish fed in a similar way to basking sharks

Scientists from the University of Bristol and the University of Zurich have shown that the Titanichthys - a giant armoured fish that lived in the seas and oceans of the late Devonian period 380-million-years ago—fed in a similar manner to modern day basking sharks.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/ancient-giant-armored-fish-fed-in-a-similar-way-to-basking-sharks