Animals
Exploring "Why" questions about Animals
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Why is fish excluded in the whole no meat on fridays during lent?
This is the story I heard: back in the day, Catholics had a tradition where they were supposed to give up a luxury on Friday's. For most people, the biggest luxury they had was meat so they would give
why don’t dogs acknowledge/recognize themselves in the mirror?
What you're talking about is "the mirror test." It takes a certain amount of intelligence to look in a mirror and recognize that it is a reflection rather than just another space. Those animals are al
Why Turkey don’t want a Kurdish state
This thread doesn't exactly answer you're question, but it contains some relevant discussion on the topic: _URL_0_
Why do you want to get ‘Married’
My wife and I have been together for 16 years; we got married two years ago. We got married because a) it makes lots of things easier (and cheaper!) in terms of inheritance, banking, insurance, tax, e
Why do people want to restrict HB-1 visas, when the companies will just outsource after the visas are restricted?
jobs that require collaboration aren't so easy to outsource, as it's like 3x more difficult to work with someone remotely esp if the time zones don't match up. the efficiency lost makes the h1b cost s
Why do police in big cities still use horses and in what situations require them?
Both my parents in law used to be riot police (they met during a riot), I once asked them. Riding a horse has a few advantages. 1.
Why do flies seem to swarm and buzz around a dead animal rather than land and stay on it?
This is a great question, one I'd never thought of before. Flies are competitive and fight for "landing rights" on a carcass. Those fights occur both on the dead animal and in the air above it, making
Why do birds bob their heads?
It has to do with how they focus on where they're walking. They see something, their head moves towards it, and then their body catches up.
Why are big cats such as lions or tigers able to be trained in extravagant shows while domestic cats rarely even acknowledge their owners’ authority?
This is a damn good question, OP. I'm no expert. But I believe its cause the brains of domesticated cats are a lot smaller than those larger of the wild.
Why do most large pride animals like flee instead of fighting few amount of enemies?
In this case, walruses are much more agile in water than polar bears. Walruses also tend to be somewhat near water when on land. Over thousands of years, the species has "learned" that the odds of sur