In what sense are dogs special? Canine cognition in comparative context

SEG Lea, B Osthaus - Learning & behavior, 2018‏ - Springer
The great increase in the study of dog cognition in the current century has yielded insights
into canine cognition in a variety of domains. In this review, we seek to place our enhanced …

[ספר][B] The secret social lives of reptiles

JS Doody, V Dinets, GM Burghardt - 2021‏ - books.google.com
Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the
evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles. Reptiles …

Aggregation and social interaction in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)

M Skinner, N Miller - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2020‏ - Springer
Previous research has shown that competition, familiarity, diet, and relatedness can all
influence aggregation patterns in garter snakes. We controlled for these factors and …

Apparent coordinated and communal hunting behaviours by Erabu sea krait Laticauda semifactiata

R Somaweera, V Udyawer, AAT Amarasinghe… - Scientific Reports, 2023‏ - nature.com
Opportunistic observations of Erabu sea kraits (Laticauda semifaciata) provide evidence that
this species undertake a novel foraging tactic; coordinated communal hunting. Erabu sea …

[PDF][PDF] Snakes: Slithering from sensory physiology to cognition.

Z Tadić - Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 2023‏ - zaf.biol.pmf.unizg.hr
From the standpoint of biology, snakes (Order Serpentes) are limbless predatory reptiles
with elongated bodies covered with dry, scaly skin. They all have forked tongues and lack …

Absence of lunar phobia in European swarming vespertilionid bats

G Apoznański, F Tuff, A Carr, A Rachwald… - Scientific Reports, 2024‏ - nature.com
Abstract “Lunar phobia” in bats has been widely discussed since its description in tropical
bats in 1978. The phenomenon has been frequently contested and supported and was first …

[PDF][PDF] First insight into the diversity of snakes in the Pleistocene of Cuba

E Syromyatnikova, E Aranda… - Acta Palaeontologica …, 2021‏ - bibliotekanauki.pl
The herpetofaunal biodiversity of West Indies suffered a significant change during the last
few million years that is well documented for some squamate reptilies (lizards). However …

Environmental enrichment for reptiles in European zoos: Current status and perspectives

A Bartolomé, P Carazo, E Font - Animal Welfare, 2023‏ - cambridge.org
Zoos and aquaria are paying increasing attention to environmental enrichment, which has
proven an effective tool for the improvement of animal welfare. However, several ongoing …

Snakes, snakebites, and humans

G Perry, M Lacy, I Das - Problematic Wildlife II: New Conservation and …, 2020‏ - Springer
Of some 3700 extant species of snake, less than 750 are venomous–most of them not
greatly harmful to humans. Yet snakes occupy an outsized niche in human imagination, both …

[ספר][B] Evolutionary communication: An introduction

J Lull - 2019‏ - api.taylorfrancis.com
Evolutionary Communication presents the first comprehensive evolutionary approach to the
study of human communication. Presuming no specialized knowledge of evolutionary …