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Labradors are a popular dog species among the best pet dogs and are highly appreciated for their attractive, cute appearance.Labrador Retrievers are also known as Labradors or sometimes referred to as Labs by dog owners. Labrador Retrievers are a breed of retriever gun dog in Britain that were deployed from Canada as fishing dogs.A Labrador is a great family dog that has primarily two species, named English Labradors or English Labs and American Labradors or American Labs....

scratching French Bulldog at his neck Credit: Shaun Wang / EyeEm / Getty On This Page Are Dogs Ticklish? How Can I Tell If My Dog Is Ticklish? Are Dogs Ticklish On Their Belly? Why Do Some Dogs Kick Their Legs During Belly Rubs? There's a lot of science to help us understand why humans are ticklish. For example, did you know that when we're tickled, both our touch and pain nerve receptors are stimulated?...

Rottweiler and emu together are best friends Credit: Courtesy of Jennifer Walters We’ve all seen unlikely friendships form in nature—the golden retriever and goose, the Chiweenie and the tortoise, the cheetah and the Labrador. But we have a new favorite duo: Ava the Rottweiler and Blue the emu, who absolutely delight us on TikTok. They met when their owner, Jennifer Walters, co-founder of Gold Colt Rescue in Texas, brought baby Blue home....

Buffy the covid sniffing dog and his handler Grace Welsby Credit: Rick Benitez Photography / Doctors Hospital of Sarasota / Grace & Buffy We never tire of sharing the amazing heroics of service dogs and the breadth of their abilities. So meet Buffy, a 2-year-old yellow Labrador retriever who shares not only her acute sniffing prowess but also her sweet doggie heart. Dogs skilled at COVID-19 scent detection keep busy, often located at major sporting events and airports....

dog with candy corn pattern in background; can dogs eat candy corn? Credit: mayakova / GlobalP / Getty Candy corn—those waxy, tri-colored triangles that suddenly appear in grocery store aisles and office candy jars the moment the first leaf of fall graces the ground—can be a contentious confection. People tend to love them or loathe them. But before you give your pup a chance to weigh in on the debate, another question must be answered first: Is candy corn safe for dogs?...

The Baryonyx or the Baryonyx walkeri was first discovered in In 1983, by a fossil hunter William Walker who uncovered a giant claw in a brick pit in Surrey, England. Its initial research started indicating the resemblance to the Spinosaurus. Walker’s son-in-law then took the bone to specialists at London’s Natural History Museum, (England) where they assumed the bone to be a part of some unidentified predator. To uncover the mystery, the team then descended to Walker’s pit, which yielded several new bones, including vertebrae, limb elements, and a slender snout....

The Aneides flavipunctatus is one among the rarest of all from the family of salamanders. As the name goes, the black salamander is easily identified by its black body. This black body is adorned with tiny spots, either white, yellow, or cream in color, and a long tail. The presence of these tiny speckles also gives this species its other name, the spotted/speckled black salamander.This member of the Plethodontidae family, unfortunately, has their populations in danger, and conservation is of urgent need....

The sunfish is a popular family of a large number of New World fish that are generally endemic to North America. The blue-spotted sunfish, also written as the bluespotted sunfish (Enneacanthus glorious), is one of the least famous but most colorful and attractive small sunfish. Its distribution extends to the eastern and southern parts of the United States and the distribution of this species is almost native throughout its range. This freshwater fish also might end up in a home aquarium as they make wonderful pet fish....

Butterflies belong to the family Nymphalidae. Scientific studies suggest that butterflies first appeared in the age of flowering plants which was more than 135 million years ago. This would roughly place them at the same point in time in the geological time scale as dinosaurs. They have a life cycle of four stages from larvae to their final form which is the butterfly form.First, the adult butterfly lays eggs on a leaf....

The Dromaeosaurus is an extinct genus of a carnivorous dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 80 million years ago, during the later part of the Cretaceous period. Its name means “running lizard”, and was named by the paleontologist Barnum Brown in 1914 when newly discovered foot bones of this animal were found at Red Deer River near Stevensville, Alberta. Dromaeosaurs had teeth that were curved like a sickle-claw with serrations on their edges for cutting up the meat of their prey....

Rats or mice can be really annoying in communities. Mice infest areas and grow in numbers like anything and make their own nest anywhere they desire. This mouse species is extremely smart and nocturnal. A mouse grows really big in size. Dusky footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) are hosts to a variety of deadly pathogens that cause life-threatening diseases in humans, such as hantavirus, rabies, and more. With the increase in industrialization, the increase in urban areas and human settlements led to the cutting down of grasslands and burrow holes that were homes to predators like snakes that would feed on these nuisance pests in their nests....

The English setter dog breed is a gun dog used before the invention of shotguns on hunts by smelling the prey’s scent. It is one of the oldest gun dogs. This breed is known as ‘setting spaniel’ because its forerunners belong to the Spanish pointer, French pointer, and various Spaniels. This beautiful and obedient dog was developed in England in the 14th century. This breed belongs to the ‘setter’ group. English setter hunting skills exhibit versatile setting posture; due to this reason, they are called setter dogs....

The hazel dormouse is a small, native rodent that has long whiskers, large black eyes, and golden brown fur. Its scientific Latin name is Muscardinus avellanarius. The only small British mammal, the hazel dormouse has a furry tail. These animals are active in early autumn, summer, and late spring in the shrub’s canopy and trees. During winter, they hibernate in their nests.They can be found in a wide range of landscapes and habitats, especially old managed woodlands that are linked by continuous hedgerows....

Jeholosaurus is an extinct genus comprising of a single type species, Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis. It is a primitive ornithopod that has been discovered from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China (Liaoning). The generic name ‘Jehol’ is the name of western Liaoning and northern Hebei’s historical province. The meaning of the name Jeholosaurus is ’lizard from Jehol’. The specific name of the type species, Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis, originates from the Shangyuan area. This dinosaur belongs to the suborder Ornithopoda, order Ornithischia, and the family Jeholosauridae....

Kundurosaurus is an extinct genus of saurolophine dinosaurs, whose remains were uncovered from the Amur region of Eastern Russia. Very little information is available about this particular genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur. They were known to be herbivores by nature, that is they were largely dependent on vegetation for their daily source of food. Like all other dinosaurs, they too reproduced by laying eggs. After the hatching of the egg occurred, new juveniles were born....

The world’s largest catfish, the Mekong giant catfish, gets its name from its most common habitat - the Mekong river. Its scientific name is Pangasianodon gigas.Back in 2005, this fish held a record in the Guinness World Records, as the largest freshwater fish in the world.As the fish grow up, interesting changes take place in their intrinsic characteristics. The young catfishes prey upon zooplankton, they even show cannibalistic traits. However, as they grow up, the toothless creature becomes completely herbivorous....

Canis lupus occidentalis, also termed the northwestern wolf, is one of the largest wolves in North America. These species go by multiple names such as Canadian timber wolf, Alaskan timber wolf, Mackenzie valley wolf, rocky mountain wolf.These wolves are found mainly in the parts of North America and inhabit forests and snowcapped rocky mountains. The average territory occupied by these species is around 3745.8-6458.3 sq. ft (348-600 sq. m). They have a white, brown, bluish-colored thick fur coat with a straight tail and short ears....

Do you know of a dog that was raised exclusively for Puffin hunting? If you guessed the Norwegian Lundehund, then you are on the right track. Though they aren’t used for Puffin hunting any more, this dog breed is quite spectacular in itself. The Norwegian Lundehund might also be about 5000 years old, making them one of the oldest dog breeds to exist! They were first bred in a remote Norwegian island called Vaeroy, which is known for the Puffins that inhabit its rocky terrains....

Short, stocky, grumpy, and adorable, these words are enough to describe the exotic Pallas’s cat. Otocolobus manul is its scientific name. After being introduced by Peter Pallas in the 18th century, these cats have carried his name for centuries now. Another more accurate name they have is Manul. They are solitary, aggressive, and like to avoid humans. Pallas’ cats have been captured in captivity, although it is not good for them....

The classification of the Extinct genus and type species Philovenator and Philovenator curriei, respectively, was as troodontid paravian dinosaurs. Their fossils were discovered in Wulansuhai Formation, Inner Mongolia, China, in 1988. They were named in honor of Phillip J. Currie. Fun Philovenator Facts For Kids What did they prey on? Animals and plants What did they eat? Omnivore Average litter size? Unknown How much did they weigh? 31.7 oz (900 g)...