#play

#play

Animals Like to Play, and That Includes BumblebeesWe know that dogs and cats love to play games, like fetch and catch-the-feather and even baseball andsoccer. That behavior extends to other animals, like humans. Scientists think that they are practicing skills, somewhat like human child play. But humans get a lot of enjoyment out of playing, which doesn't end in childhood. Anyone with a cat or dog knows how much fun adult pets get out of play, even if they don't spend as much time doing it as when they were puppies and kittens. A recent study shows that even bumblebees like to play! Hank Green explains the experiments that led to this conclusion, and shows us how cute they are doing it. You can also read more about the study at NPR.#bumblebee #bee #play #experiment

Do Fish Like to Play Games? Have you ever tried playing with the fish in your aquarium with a laser light? It turns out they are quite fascinated with chasing it and even competing with each other to catch it. Some might say they are just trying to catch something to eat, but fish don't tend to eat fluorescent bits of food that don't smell. This video is a supplemental illustration that goes along with a scientific paper that must have been a lot of fun to produce, called Gills Just Want to Have Fun: Can Fish Play Games, Just like Us? They tested laser lights on 66 different fish species, and found that 80% of them showed inquisitive behavior when the light was presented. Whether we can call this "play" is another question, but that all comes down to how we define words. They sure seem to be having fun! Another conclusion from the study is that the best color laser for fish play is red. -via Boing Boing#fish #play #game #laserlight

Whale Swims Away with a Boat Full of Tourists on Its BackA gray whale played with travelers for over 2 hours in a lagoon near Guerrero Negro, Mexico. The mammal lifted the tourists’ boat on her back as she swam away — all while the humans gushed over her!In a video shared by Loy Barra with Viral Hog, the gray whale was noted to “gently” lift and move the boat “twice.”