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  2. Shelford's law of tolerance - Wikipedia

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    The law of tolerance, or theory of tolerance, is best illustrated by a bell shaped curve. The range of the optimum. Tolerance ranges are not necessarily fixed. They can change as: Seasons change. Environmental conditions change. Life stage of the organism changes. Example – blue crabs. The eggs and larvae require higher salinity than adults.

  3. Funny Animal Pics That Catch Us Off Guard With Unexpected Imagery

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    Even though misbehaving pets can be sometimes funny (and this list is proof), overlooking pets' poor behavior can create a lot of challenges in the future, which can also hinder the relationship ...

  4. Emotion in animals - Wikipedia

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    Emotion has been observed and further researched through multiple different approaches including that of behaviourism, comparative, anecdotal, specifically Darwin's approach and what is most widely used today the scientific approach which has a number of subfields including functional, mechanistic, cognitive bias tests, self-medicating, spindle ...

  5. Theories of humor - Wikipedia

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    These can range from a simple verbal technique like a pun to more complex LMs such as faulty logic or false analogies. Situation (SI) can include objects, activities, instruments, props needed to tell the story. Target (TA) identifies the actor(s) who become the "butt" of the joke. This labeling serves to develop and solidify stereotypes of ...

  6. Apes talk in a ‘language’ that humans can understand, study ...

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    Even untrained humans can decipher ape communication, including gestures related to grooming and sex, according to a new study published on Jan. 24 in the journal PLOS Biology.

  7. Great ape language - Wikipedia

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    The apes involved, largely isolated from their species, showed recognizable signs of trauma. [53] [52] Every ape subject refused to participate in language lessons to some degree. Making assumptions about ape's abilities with involuntary subjects forced to live in highly unnatural conditions was seen as not only unscientific but ethically wrong.

  8. Paradox of tolerance - Wikipedia

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    In the corresponding chapter notes, Popper defines the paradox of tolerance and makes a similar argument. Of both tolerance and freedom, Popper argues for the necessity of limiting unchecked freedom and intolerance in order to prevent despotic rule rather than to embrace it. [1] There are earlier examples of the discourse on tolerance and its ...

  9. The Mentality of Apes - Wikipedia

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    Over the course of the 20th century, it became a seminal text in the field of comparative psychology, significantly influencing the study of apes. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The increased interest was "followed by nearly a century of German primate research, observations of gorillas in Germany’s sophisticated zoos, and public funding for the study of ...