Reindeer are a central figure in many modern Christmas celebrations. In the United States, children grow up listening to the song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” on the radio, or watching him become Santa’s best buddy on TV. Yet as familiar as U.S. pop culture seems to be with reindeer, how much do we actually know…
Author: Allison Lau
Allison Lau is a 2nd year PhD Candidate in the Animal Behavior Graduate Group at UC Davis. She studies variation in pair bond quality and vocal communication in pair-bonded nonhuman primates.
Sunday Sketch: Giraffe Necks
Did you know? Even though giraffes’ necks are around six feet long when full grown, they have the same amount of vertebrae as most other mammals. Those seven vertebrae have to be awfully long and strong, because male giraffes use their huge necks to fight other males for access to mates! Sketch and fact contributed…
Creature Feature: Titi monkeys
If you ever visit the dense jungles of South and Central America, you may be lucky enough to encounter an elusive titi monkey (Callicebus spp.). Titi monkeys are small-bodied, monogamous New World primates that mate for life1. There are over thirty species of titi monkeys, but all share some unique characteristics. For instance, they have…
theethogram.com 