One of the more common questions asked about horses is why they sleep standing up. To us humans, this does not sound very comfortable! Horses’ back legs lock so that standing for a long time is not strenuous, so it is much more comfortable than it looks. The reason horses sleep standing up is so […]
Overtoun Bridge is on a 19th century estate near Dumbarton, Scotland. Since the 1960s, more than 50 dogs have jumped to their deaths in the same spot, the right-hand side of the bridge. Hundreds more have survived the jump onto the rocks 50 feet below, some dogs even returning to leap again. Since no explanation […]
Scientists at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest have conducted a study which shows that our dogs can imitate things we do. We already know that dogs have the uncanny ability to easily read our body language and facial expressions, so this comes as no surprise to us. The study does place a whole […]
