This is a new weekly (or when I get around to it) feature of this here blog where I recap some of the best nature stories found on the web. And before you get on me about what the preview picture has to do with this post, it has nothing to do with it. Thanks!
Horrific Cannibalism
Link: Males Chimpanzee Seen Snatching Seconds-Old Chimp And Eating It
Holy fucking shit is that disturbing! Yes, that is man’s closest relative, and sometime Hollywood performer, cannibalizing a new born baby. I always say that when the phrase “never before seen in the wild” is uttered something awesome is about to happen, but this ain’t that. Horrifying!
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Who Knew That Mountain Lions Had Friends?
Link: The Secret Social Life Of A Solitary Of Puma
I find the evolving understanding of the social lives of big cats to be absolutely fascinating. Who knew that these loner-weirdos actually had a complex social system? Not like me, of course, as I am a legitimate dwelling-in-granny’s-cellar loner-weirdo.
Your Dog Will Eat You If You Go Tits-Up
Link: Would Your Dog Eat You If You Died? Get The Facts
You live alone with your pooch. You role snake-eyes one night after doing a speed-ball of Arby’s with a Colt-45 chaser. You are now literally dead meat. Your lovable dog Muffy eats meat. Dilemmas. Dilemmas.
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Evolving Against Forced Copulation
Link: Female Dolphins Have Weaponized Vaginas
Seriously, is that not the best title for a scientific article of all time?
Female dolphins have evolved labyrinth like vags to keep undesirable males from getting in there. Why would they need this? Because dolphins are little rapers.
The article also points out that ducks have complex vags too. Yup, you guessed it – ducks are little rapers too! That I did not know.
