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Mice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser
Two sets of neurons control whether a mouse will pounce to kill. Using a technique called optogenetics, researchers can turn this behaviour on and off
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Bird-loving vampire bats develop taste for human blood
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This is why you can’t help babbling to your dog like it’s a baby
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Wild monkey filmed mounting deer and trying to have sex with it
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Why mums and babies prefer to keep to one side of each other
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Oxytocin surge before a fight helps chimps bond with their group
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There are five times more urban foxes in England than we thought
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Cannibalistic deep-sea crabs groom each other like chimpanzees
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Reindeer riddle: How do you tell caribou apart?
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Animal magnetism: Why dogs do their business pointing north
Dogs align north-south when defecating, foxes pounce north-east, and that鈥檚 just the start. Where does this magnetic sense come from 鈥� and do we have it too?
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Humans are better endurance runners than any other animal
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Why baby flatfish grow into the wonkiest animals in the world
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Whales talk to each other by slapping out messages on water
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Earwigs and rotten panther: The diet of a Victorian eccentric
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