behavioral biology

  • The ‘Shower Rat’ Is Very Obviously Not Showering

    The ‘Shower Rat’ Is Very Obviously Not Showering

    It’s very easy to look at an animal mimicking a human-like behaviour and think, “Wow! That animal is doing a human thing! It looks so cute and happy.” (Because humans are so cute and happy, right?) That is almost never the case. If an animal looks weird, it probably is weird – and not in…