There has actually been research conducted that proved dogs need to bond with their owners more
than other animals do.
Humans aren't designed much
differently than other animals when it comes to sleeping and waking — our internal clocks are set to the rising and setting of the sun.
«The reason we have more
neurons than any other animal alive is that cooking allowed this qualitative change — this step increase in brain size,» she says.
Animals with pre-existing medical concerns such as heartworm disease or dental disease have extended stays in shelters,
longer than other animals.
PetSmart Charities grants more money to directly help pets in need
than any other animal welfare group in North America, with a focus on funding spay / neuter programs that help communities solve pet overpopulation.
«Physically, pigs are much closer to the size and scale of
humans than other animals, and they respond to health threats similarly.
Barring a few great thinkers / philosophers / astronomers who have walked the earth, 99.9999... % of the human race is no better
than any other animal species.
Rabbits are much harder to litter
train than other animals such as cats, dogs and birds however it is possible with lots of patience, perseverance and plenty of treats.
Researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on September 17 have found that sponges build their skeletons in a completely different
way than other animals do.
Homo sapiens is not a particularly violent species — we just have more worth fighting for than other animals
In experiments by Nadal and his colleagues, animals exposed to BPA ended up with insulin resistance more
often than other animals did.
Part of this is due to the abundance of cows, but it is also because cattle emit greater quantities of methane and nitrous
oxide than other animals.
A cancer drug that has shown promise against Alzheimer's disease (AD) in mice and has begun early clinical trials has yielded perplexing results in a novel mouse model of AD that mimics the genetics and pathology of the human disease more closely
than any other animal model.
Yet he cautions that the «conclusions of the paper are overstated» because the study does not prove that prehistoric lice were actually infesting the direct ancestors of today's bird and mammal species
rather than other animals that may have led to evolutionary dead ends.
It's not news that meat and dairy are among the largest contributors to the world's growing carbon footprint, but lamb, beef, cheese, pork, and farmed salmon in particular generate the most greenhouse gases — sometimes four times more
than other animal products and 13 times more than plant - based proteins.
(ref) The US government justified adding the dog and cat genome not for us veterinarians and pet lovers; they did it because humans, dogs and cats have more genetic
diseases than any other animal species and understanding and attempting to repair or prevent these genetic issues in dogs and cats could have applications in human medicine as well.
Under Louisiana Civil Code article 2321, dogs are treated differently
than other animals when they cause a personal injury.