Bird Brains

The subject of animal intelligence, especially in Corvidae (crows, ravens and jays) is fascinating to me. Here's an episode of Nova that talks about bird intelligence. It's especially cool to watch crows solving puzzles. Smart birdies!

Rabbits are lagomorphs, one of the few mammals whose scrotum is farther away from the anus than the penis is. 

 

Speaking of birds and penises, Muscovy ducks can't be raped. The males of this species have a penis that is almost 8 inches long. They can fully extend it in 1/3 of a second! This means that females have a very short amount of time to escape if they don't want to mate with a particular male.

In order to not get raped, the females evolved a vaginal canal that twists and turns, blocking the penis from going completely in. The male can only impregnate the female if she relaxes all these muscles inside her! Biologists think this is the first evidence they've seen of evolution driving a competition in genitals.

Mother rabbits spend less than 0.5% of their time caring for their young. Remind you of anyone?

Why, yes. Yes, it does.

Did you know a dork is a whales penis?

Deer don't have gall bladders

A single elephant tooth can weigh as much as 9 pounds

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear

My dog came out of the closet tonight.  He needs love and support.  

My cat keeps trying to get into the closet.

Miss Gabby sends love to your doggy! Love is love is love

Lucky sends love to Miss Gabby!!