“If a #lion could #speak, we could not understand him.” -Ludwig #Wittgenstein #talkinganimals #animals

Best time to catch fish?

I’m just gonna post another cute monkey video right here: You’re welcome. Happy long weekend. Now, go grab a nice drink.

“Sickness in birds may be diagnosed from their plumage, which is ruffled when they are sickly instead of lying smooth as when they are well.” —Aristotle, History of Animals VIII.18

“lobsters slough [molt] sometimes in the spring…” —Aristotle, History of Animals VIII

Female moose defending her baby calf from a pack of wolves: Photo credit: Getty via BBC Wildlife

“those fishes suffer most in severe winters that have a stone in their head” —Aristotle, History of Animals VIII.19

Freaky, but kinda cool:

To be released tomorrow!! Read about animal cognition of numbers in chapter 23 or just DM me for a copy! https://t.co/CAjLtDEaMJ

One in about two million lobsters are born blue due to a rare genetic mutation

2. Handcrafted materials—some over 650 years old— found in ancient Bearded Vulture nests. (A) Part of an esparto grass slingshot. (B) A detail of a crossbow bolt and its wooden lance. (C) Agobía, footwear made of grass and twigs ~674  years old. Agobías typically lasted for a

#Birds 1. Researchers have discovered over 200 ancient human artifacts in historical Bearded Vulture nests in southern Spain. Once abundant, intensive persecution has left only a few hundred of this important species in the region, but they've left a fascinating record. 👉 🧵

Aristotle said the river-crocodile doesn’t eat during the depths of winter (History of Animals VIII). What he said might actually be true: https://t.co/as3fRgRM7L

To answer whether animals cognize numbers, one must first understand what number is. What is number? Numbers are in the genus of quantity. Quantity is divided into discrete (numbers) & continuous (size). There’s not doubt that animals can cognize greater or lesser quantities of

If anyone wants a copy of the finalized published version, DM me!

An earlier draft version of my findings can be found here (note: I wasn’t allowed to upload the final print version due to the publishing contract): https://t.co/9HuBszyQPo

To that end, I first present the thought of Thomas Aquinas on animal cognition of numbers as inherited from the works of Aristotle and Albert the Great. Second, I present the famous case of Clever Hans–––the horse who looked like he could do math––as a cautionary tale for

Unwittingly contemporary comparative psychology has adopted large parts of this cognitive terminology from modern philosophy. While the scholastic terminology awaits its return into contemporary psychological discourse and popular culture, its treasures lie hidden in the works of

The abstract is thus: “From National Geographic to The New York Times, numerous media reports boldly proclaim animals can count. But does this “counting” indicate an understanding of abstract numbers? Since the advent of René Descartes conceptual confusion reigned in the West,

I investigate this in my new book chapter in a volume edited by Peter Adamson & Miira Tuominen: “Can Animals Count? How Might Aquinas Explain Recent Cases of Animals Cognizing Quantities or Numbers?”

Can animals count?