Hey there, experts. Is there any scientific validity to claims that buffalo head into a storm to get through it as quickly as possible?

I find the distinction here interesting. Since Protozoa is polyphyletic, I'm wondering what the exactly the line is separating unicellular-life from animals.

Is it having to do with cell structure? Or a taxonomic distinction? Is it purely semantic or are there more strict biological basis for the distinction?

Also, if not animals, what are they considered? Just free living "organisms"? is protozoa still even a valid term? Any clarification would be much appreciated.

It’s from the movie “Nope”.

Is that a good way to sum up the relationships humans can have with a wild predator animal—via “an agreement” —or would you put it a different way?

I hope this is the right place for my question. Why are Komodo Dragons only found on a handful of islands within the larger Indonesian Archipelago, and not on nearby islands?

A while back I thought that Saltwater crocodiles were native simply to northern Australia and was shocked at how far their range is, all the way up to Vietnam and Thailand.

I believe Komodo dragons are also good swimmers and at home in both fresh and saltwater, so why do Salties have such a large range, when the Komodo dragons are confined to such a small one?

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Hello! Currently in my 4th year in Biology, currently considering between vet tech, zoology or doing a masters! I really like field work and am not really interested in working in a lab, would love to hear about your experiences in these fields!!

In light of recent events… I’m wondering if there’s anyone here from outside the U.S & Canada that works in a zoological field. I’d love to hear what you do and how you found the opportunity. Anything concerning wildlife conservation/research, zoo med/caretaking, wildlife rehab etc.

Hello, denizens of r/zoology!

It's time for another weekly thread where our members can ask and answer questions related to pursuing an education or career in zoology.

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Hi,

(manual link, i don't know how to embbed it to the post, sorry !) : bones

For a bit of context, i live in France near a train track where wild boars road (heard from neighboor, i never actually saw them).

I lost my cat 2 days ago, she usually comes back every evening before nightfall, but it has been now 2 nights she hasn't.

While looking for her, i went to the train track, and found bones. They don't seem to match what i would imagine cat bones to be, but i would like reassurance that those are in fact not cat bones.

Any input on what they could be, or what i should do with them is welcome. My vet clinic didn't know what to do and didn't seem very helpful.

Thanks.

Hi! I am currently a student that studies wildlife biology. I would like to conduct a monitoring of African waterhole species and their numbers of individuals. Do you know any platforms that could help me do this? I only found the one from explore.org and this one is a bit too touristy because it zooms on popular species like elephants and does not keep an overall general POV of the watering hole. And also some monitoring guides would be really useful, thanks.

Finished my bachelor in zoology. Now looking forward to do a research in zoology but don't know how to pick a topic and so on. Hence, need some guidelines.

In D&D there's something called a displacer beast: a 6 legged panther with tentacles, and I wanna know if it could be a snow leopard or if they're different species and it wouldn't make sense

So, in a lot of documentaries and articles I view, I often hear about how good so many animals sense of smells are, and the things they can understand with their nose. I’ve also heard some animals can form (to some degree) a “profile” of other animals and things, like I’ve heard of dogs or wolves (and other animals) being able to tell the sex, age, etc of other animals or humans.

I’ve always found that fascinating, because how descriptive and in depth are those profiles? Do they lose their detail as time goes on, and does it depend on what form it comes in? (Like urine, fur, etc). Or does it depend on the animal smelling it itself? Like a wolf with a particularly good nose, lol.

And, do you think some profiles can be mistaken for others, like a wolf smelling a “profile” that tells them it’s a mature male wolf wondering around in their territory, and they then mistake it for another wolf that matches that description but isn’t the actual culprit of that scent?

Or does each and every animal have a very distinct smell, like a humans face or something. Or does it depend on the animal? Like a wolf can tell the slightest difference of scents between other wolves, but not with bears or elk?

I not sure if this is a kind of question that can be answered, but I’ve always wondered.

(I apologise if this question has been asked before.)

Anyone know what kind of crab this is? Any point in dumping it in the water to save it?

Why are gorilla's arms much longer than their legs?

I've known that female cattle are called cows and male cattle are called bulls for a long time, but I just found out that other animals like elephants and rhinoceroses are also called cows and bulls depending on gender. What other animals follow this naming convention?

I would like to see these creatures ( one of my favorites) adapt to different places , the places being:

Amazon Jungle

African Congo

Canada

Florida Everglades

Tokyo, Japan

Ireland

Washington, DC