What Is the Icelandic Word for “Four”? Fjórar. No, fjórir. No, fjögurra. No, fjarki. No …
By Daniel Tammet from slate.com: Illustration by Alex Eben Meyer The following is an excerpt from Thinking in Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math, by Daniel Tammet, out now from Little, Brown. Ask an Icelander what comes after three and he will answer, “Three what?” Ignore the warm blood of annoyance as it fills […]
Wild Cat Found Mimicking Monkey Calls; Predatory Trickery Documented for the First Time in Wild Felids in Americas
From sciencedaily.com: In a fascinating example of vocal mimicry, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and UFAM (Federal University of Amazonas) have documented a wild cat species imitating the call of its intended victim: a small, squirrel-sized monkey known as a pied tamarin. This is the first recorded instance of a wild cat species […]