• Question: What has been your latest discovery?

    Asked by jlagan2017 to Carrie, Cedric, Ellen, Ines, Rupert on 8 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Carrie Ijichi

      Carrie Ijichi answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      My latest discovery is that dog personality affects how they behave when they’re in pain, just like in humans and horses.

    • Photo: Ines Goncalves

      Ines Goncalves answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      My latest discovery is that meerkat females change their vocalisations depending on who is closest to them. A bit like acknowledging who is next to them. For example, our voice tends to change a bit when we talk our doctors, or teachers or even our grandparents. We automatically adjust our behaviour to our audiences. It seems that female meerkats can do something similar, and sound slightly different depending on whether they are foraging next to the dominant female, or a younger, more subordinate females. Cool, no?

    • Photo: Rupert Marshall

      Rupert Marshall answered on 9 Mar 2017:

      Working with other scientists, we found out that canaries can change the loudness of their song in a fraction of a second – play them a noise and they sing louder. This is called the Lombard effect – we humans do the same when are in a noisy place, talking louder so we can be heard.

    • Photo: Ellen Williams

      Ellen Williams answered on 9 Mar 2017:

      My latest discovery is that elephant sleep behaviour is affected by whether or not they are with other elephants, time of night and also the flooring available to them (whether on sand or concrete)

    • Photo: Cedric Tan

      Cedric Tan answered on 13 Mar 2017:

      The fascinating life about the clouded leopard, where it likes to live in and these information, it can help with authorities protecting the suitable habitat. Have a look at the recent video on this discovery:

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