In Old Slaughter’s Coffee House (named for the original owner), near Picadilly Circus in London, on the evening of June 16, 1824, an historic meeting took place. It was a meeting to discuss protecting animals from cruelty. Fortunately the meeting’s success has been felt around the world. Two years earlier, Richard Martin, a member of […]
We know when something smells ‘good’, like baking bread; we also know when something smells ‘bad’, like wet-dog coming in from a rainy walk. Our noses have receptors that consciously and unconsciously pick up various types of smells and send them off to our brain for analysis. Exactly how they do that can be a […]
The dewclaw is an extra digit on on animal’s foot. Dewclaws can be found on some mammals, birds and reptiles. Although they don’t appear to serve any purpose now, the dewclaw is thought to have been another toe at some time. Dogs are the most well-known animal with dewclaws. They are on the inside of […]
