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When Animals Dream review: Making the case for 'animalhood'

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When Animals Dream review: Making the case for 'animalhood'

In his new book, David Peña-Guzmán argues that animals that can dream have a sense of self, and therefore a far more complex kind of "animalhood" than we thought possible

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Jumping spider close up eyes

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Are these spiders dreaming? REM-like sleep exhibited in arachnids

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A pobblebonk frog (Limnodynastes terraereginae) in south-east Queensland, Australia

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Pobblebonk frogs have a weird trick for surviving very acidic pools

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A white-tailed deer munches on a sea turtle bone

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Deer in Costa Rica gnaw on sea turtle bones

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Two rooks in an aviary

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Cambridge lab for clever birds saved from closure by public donations

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Paper wasp on a flower

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Wasps can grasp abstract concepts such as 'same' and 'different'

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Chimpanzees hunt for fruit in video game to test navigation skills

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Chimpanzees hunt for fruit in video game to test navigation skills

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African pouched rats are being trained to locate survivors trapped under debris and could be deployed at real-world disaster sites as early as next year.

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Backpack-wearing rats could start search-and-rescue missions next year

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The Bronx Zoo

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Why has a court decided not to grant Happy the elephant personhood?

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Agama lizard

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Lizard unfurls its face like a flower as a way to scare off predators

The toad-headed agama can unfold colourful skin flaps at the corners of its mouth to produce a vibrant display, but a study suggests this behaviour hasn’t evolved to impress mates – it may actually help to startle predators

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Lizard can switch from female to male before birth, but not vice versa

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Watch salamanders 'skydive' in a miniature wind tunnel

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Noisy boats over the Great Barrier Reef are cutting fish lives short

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Clever birds forced to find new homes as Cambridge lab faces closure

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