Don't Stick Your Fingers in the Cage
Polar Bear and Dogs Playing
In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.
Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
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Category: Mole
Posted on: August 13, 2008 6:12 PM, by ableiman
A ScienceFriday video podcast from over a year ago on how the star-nosed mole and other mammals can actually sniff for prey underwater.
I wonder if this is what my dog is doing and she sticks her nose to the base of the door and snorts as people approach.
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Kinda makes me want to throw a Thanksgiving turkey in a pool and see if I can smell it. :3
Very cool.
Posted by: Zelly | August 15, 2008 5:23 AM
Real cool video, thanks for bringing it to us!
There's a funny water creature in French Pyrenean ranges : Galemys pyrenaicus, (pyrenean desman) it's got a trumpet nose and I wonder if the behavior is the same.
Here a link to see photos : http://www.afleurdepau.com/Faune/Desman/Desman.htm
and here for the french limited readers ;) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Galemys_pyrenaicus.html
Posted by: Esty | August 15, 2008 7:59 AM
Real cool video, thanks for bringing it to us!
There's a funny water creature in French Pyrenean ranges : Galemys pyrenaicus, (pyrenean desman) it's got a trumpet nose and I wonder if the behavior is the same.
Here a link to see photos : http://www.afleurdepau.com/Faune/Desman/Desman.htm
and here for the french limited readers ;) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Galemys_pyrenaicus.html
Posted by: Esty | August 15, 2008 8:25 AM