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El_Tino

booyaka!

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Oct 29, 2005 @ 00:04:04

There's a species of monkey that uses sex as a social 'glue' of sorts. Basically, when there are social problems among the monkeys, they have a huge orgy and everyone is happy again.

Are you aware of any bizarre animal behavior you want to tell us about?

mike62

Maidstone, United Kingdom

Oct 29, 2005 @ 00:10:04

Not quite as bizarre but, I once saw on tv, a 4 year old fall into a guerilla enclosure. The alpha silverback went and picked the kid up and protected him from the other guerillas. generaly comforting the kid.

annski729

, United States (general)

Oct 29, 2005 @ 00:10:45

I think I put a post on here somewhere of three lions rescuing an 8 year old girl and not harming her in the slightest bit? I'll try to find it...

angelsue

liverpool, United Kingdom

Oct 29, 2005 @ 00:14:09

i watched a programme once and it was a female lion and she was nursing a kind of antalope thing and she done so well she went for a few weeks without food but then had to feed herself so she hid the little thing and while she was gone a male lion got it and ate it it was really sad

dolphinluver16

Cincinnati, Ohio

Oct 29, 2005 @ 00:43:56

My psychology teacher told us one story about how he was at the zoo once with his kids and he passed a group of monkeys or gorillas or one of those types of animals "doing it". He saw a couple of girls and said that one had to have been on their periods. Apparently these animals can detect that smell and they become sexually aroused because of it.

mike62

Maidstone, United Kingdom

Oct 29, 2005 @ 00:45:00

Dolphins have been known to attack sharks to protect humans.

earthangel

Sunbury On Thames, United King

Oct 29, 2005 @ 00:48:21

I remember reading story about a Border Collie that saved its owners life, The woman had a mole on her leg for years and her dog would repeatedly lick or smell it.
One day the dog tried to bite the mole off. This made the lady so concerned, that she went and saw her doctor. She was refferred to a clinic where they carried out some tests and found that the mole was malignant melanoma ? an aggressive skin cancer.
Apparently the dogs can smell, whatever it is that make up the cancerous cells.

mike62

Maidstone, United Kingdom

Oct 29, 2005 @ 00:49:20

@earthangel Said
I remember reading story about a Border Collie that saved its owners life, The woman had a mole on her leg for years and her dog would repeatedly lick or smell it.
One day the dog tried to bite the mole off. This made the lady so concerned, that she went and saw her doctor. She was refferred to a clinic where they carried out some tests and found that the mole was malignant melanoma ? an aggressive skin cancer.
Apparently the dogs can smell, whatever it is that make up the cancerous cells.

I've heard that too.

sweetrnsugar77

Deleted

My Apartment, Oregon

#10

Oct 29, 2005 @ 00:49:53

@angelsue Said
i watched a programme once and it was a female lion and she was nursing a kind of antalope thing and she done so well she went for a few weeks without food but then had to feed herself so she hid the little thing and while she was gone a male lion got it and ate it it was really sad

that was the sweetest story i ever saw on the TV. I cried the whole time I watched it and couldnt change the channel. I love Discovery

sleepless3nights

Tempe, Arizona

#11

Oct 29, 2005 @ 01:25:51

Bearded Dragons will wave an arm around in a circle sometimes, for absolutely no purpose at all.

Like this:

paramour

Purgatory Beach,

#12

Oct 29, 2005 @ 01:26:54

@el_tino Said
There's a species of monkey that uses sex as a social 'glue' of sorts. Basically, when there are social problems among the monkeys, they have a huge orgy and everyone is happy again.

Are you aware of any bizarre animal behavior you want to tell us about?

hey, don't we do that?!

that's not so bizarre!

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