Professor Simpoo's Gyan of the Month
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Wood roaches are monogamous, raise one group of children and live in one log for their entire life. |
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Dolphins crave physical attention and will stroke one another with their flippers. |
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Parrots cannot bear to be alone. While most mate for life, all live in large social groups, sometimes with multiple species of birds. |
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Emperor penguins are the only Antarctic animals that have babies during the winter. Because there are no bedding materials, fathers use their feet and chests to keep the eggs warm. |
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Pigeons are domesticated rock doves who were set free. They are marvellous parents: The father builds the nest, and both parents take turns incubating the eggs. |
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Chickens have 24 distinct cries to communicate with one another, including separate “alarm” calls depending on what kind of predator is threatening them. |
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Ringed seals build snow caves above their breathing holes in the ice to protect their young from predators. |
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Prairie dogs speak to one another in a complex language that includes nouns and verbs and that has different dialects depending on where they’re from. |
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Desert rats do not sweat or pant. They get their water by collecting seeds, burying them until they’ve dried out and then using them as sponges to gather humidity from the air. |
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Geese mate for life. If one of a pair is killed, the other may mourn the loss forever and never “remarry”. |
