Dogs can pick up on many odors that humans can't detect. That's because a dog has around 300 million smell receptors in its nose, while humans only have about 6 million. This powerful sense of smell plays important role in finding a mate.
The budgerigar, known in the U.S. by the generic name "parakeet", can see and feel things that humans can't.
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Domestic cats are derived from an wild African species that moved in with humans some 10,000 years ago. Although they no longer have to hunt their own food, even as kittens, they display a number of traits that make them effective killers.
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Ostriches can run at speeds of up to 43 miles per hour, but they are no match for the cheetah, which tops out at 75 miles per hour.
Ratites are a group of mostly flightless birds that come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes. The name ratite derives from the word Latin word ratis or raft, referring to their flat breast bones that lack the sharp keel found in flying birds. ...
Moments after they hatch from the egg, baby ostriches are ready to get up and go.
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A baby elephant, only days old, chases birds on the African savannah and learns how to solicit milk from his mother.
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Videos Interview with Sam Trull (North Carolina Now - Sep 23, 2015) http://video.unctv.org/video/2365568368/?start=1040 (Also available on YouTube.) Television Critics Association Preview with Sam Trull (PBS - Sep 9, 2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXnUlpa8FM4&feature=youtu.be
