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Why mums and babies prefer to keep to one side of each other
Mothers prefer to hold children on the left, and animal young prefer to approach their mother from one side, too. Asymmetry in the brain may explain why
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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
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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
Frank Buckland ate his way through the animal kingdom, but as The Man Who Ate The Zoo shows, the naturalist also pioneered fish farming to feed the UK's poorest
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Coconut crab’s bone-crushing grip is 10 times stronger than ours
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Masquerading spider looks like living and dead leaves at once
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Pilot whales babysit each other’s young while swimming in groups
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Watch cockatoo genius chew out a tool from a piece of cardboard
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