Category Archives: Animal news

Animal news: the elephant’s trunk, “…a muscular multitool.”

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Naomi

One of those marvelous animal research stories, this one about the elephant’s trunk, which does a whole lot more than I, for one, thought. And throughout this piece there are delightful videos of the trunk working. (The trunk itself belongs … Continue reading →

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Animal news: “A wandering meatloaf I, a thing of rock-hard teeth…” what?

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Naomi

If, like me, you’ve never heard of the gunboot chiton (it’s a mollusk), welcome to the world of weird critters. Which reminds me of Richard Strauss’s opera, “Die ägyptische Helen,” (in English, “The Egyptian Helen,” that is, Helen of Troy. Since … Continue reading →

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Animal news: meet Bobby, Bravo and Angel

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Naomi

Labrador retrievers are being trained to sniff out COVID-19. It’s working. Never doubt the gifts of working dogs.

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