Sentences with phrase «whether animal»

Both are a step towards attempting the famous test of whether an animal truly understands that the face they see in a mirror is their own.

The brain of these worms had long been known to produce a master hormone that decides on whether the animal should grow, or reproduce and die.

When animals kept as exotic pets show up in the wild it is usually difficult to know whether the animal escaped or was purposely released.

We're happy to help you assess whether your animal needs to be seen.

The veterinary paradigm has shifted from questioning whether animals feel pain to recognizing and treating their pain.

But he adds that future studies should take into account additional variables such as whether the animals are active at day or night and what the species's habitat is like.

This is important because their choices will make a difference over whether that animal lives a long and healthy life, or whether it lives much of a life at all.

Exactly like it sounds, it may indicate whether your animal would like doing therapy work.

It's not clear whether animals feel human emotions - but this cat seems to be doing a pretty good job of expressing outrage.

Whether animals feel emotion, and are capable of suffering, is a question the answer to which has far - reaching implications.

There seems to be a continuous debate around whether animal proteins are good for us.

Another thing to consider is whether the animal shelter is a no - kill shelter.

The report doesn't actually state whether any animal porn was found, but it does reveal that he was arrested due to the material found on his laptop.

Whether the animal studies translate to humans is a matter of intense debate.

Then they observed whether the animals could still properly court females.

Check the clinical trials and studies webpage to see what we're currently researching and whether your animal qualifies for participation.

One question in an animal cognition is whether animals other than humans have the ability to recognise themselves.

But researchers are less sure whether animals can form similar categories.

For starters, we'll find out whether animals get sick from this virus.

Set - ups such as open fields and light / dark boxes require a top - view approach to assess whether animals prefer certain sections of the tank.

It contains the raw information — in the form of DNA — that determines everything from whether an animal walks on four legs or two, to one's potential risk for disease.

This nutrient profile exists whether animal foods are organic or grass - fed.

They might explain whether their animal is a predator, prey, or both.

Without oversight, consumers will have no knowledge of or control over whether animal clones or their offspring are in their food supply.

There is often a fee, but the call may help decide whether your animal needs to be seen by a veterinarian and whether you need to induce vomiting.

Stress, and the associated increases in stress hormones, will promote drug - taking behavior regardless of whether an animal is more or less susceptible, say the researchers.

Unfortunately, the only way to know whether an animal is going to have a drug reaction is to administer the drug.

All animals must be temperament tested before being considered and there is a surrender fee based on whether the animal is spayed / neutered and up to date on vaccinations.

The final thing to remember is to know what type of care you can offer your pet, as far as whether the animal is dependent or not.

Whether these animal studies are relevant to human learning and memory remains unclear, but there is some indirect evidence to support it.

The other issue with the vaccine is that it can lead to difficulties in assessing whether an animal is infected or not later in life.

Boiled alive and torn limb from limb — it's time we took seriously the question of whether animals like squid, octopus and lobsters suffer

To test whether the animals experienced regret, Redish and Steiner watched the rats keenly on the occasions when they left one restaurant hungry only to wait even longer at the next one.

Michael Brooks asks whether animals know things (1 April, p 37).

When asked about whether Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival was created as an amiibo game or the amiibo were added later in development:

For example, scientists could confirm or disprove whether an experience was truly linked with specific brain circuitry by first identifying networks activated when a rat encounters, say, an anxiety - provoking event, and afterwards stimulating that same network directly to determine whether the animal shows evidence of experiencing the same mental state.

Gracer wants people to move away from getting their protein from traditional livestock such as cows, pigs, and chickens because raising livestock has a huge negative impact on the environment, regardless of whether the animals belong to subsistence farmers in developing countries or a Western industrial conglomerate.

The Bible can't even get the story straight about whether animals came before or after man, so I guess that is as good an excuse as any.

This is because meat quality depends in part on whether animals experience heat stress during transport to the slaughterhouse.

Participants were shown pictures of both cats and dogs of varying colors and breeds and answered questions relating to perceived attributes about the animal including whether the animal was friendly, aggressive, and adoptable.

And even if we can make this work, there's still the potential problem of whether animals with altered DNA can be safely controlled.

These can be read somewhat like tree rings to estimate the abundance of livestock over time, via layers of fungal spores that live in the dung of animals; this would confirm whether animal populations did indeed boom.