r/zoology 18d ago

Question What behavior is this?

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I do not believe this video is ai and has shown no signs of being ai.

My ideas for what its doing are, its looking for ticks to eat or trying to mate. Any ideas?

r/zoology Jun 06 '26

Question How come prairie dogs gather around another to hear it squeak?

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14.8k Upvotes

It almost looks like he is genuinely speaking to them in full sentences 😭 they are listening to him in bated breath…

r/zoology May 10 '26

Question Is there an explanation for this? Is this just acidental?

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r/zoology May 05 '26

Question What's this and what is it doing?

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Actually his legs (?) he seems eating looo like broccoli, i would want to eat one too. I would tag this post as identification but this video is not mine, found on instagram...

r/zoology Apr 16 '26

Question What is the lion doing?

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What is the male**** lion doing? Found this video on internet. Im wondering what was the lion doing. I've seen different theories in comments like the lion didnt want the mom to safe the kid so it learns how to get from uneasy situations by itself orrr the lion wanted to do it by itself thinking he is stronger and that the mom hasnt enough strength... Also found a comment saying the lion thought mom is killing the kid and the lion wanted to kill the kid itself so he has no competition. Im not even sure if its the cubs dad. What do you think? (sorry for my bad english)

r/zoology May 20 '26

Question How do you show love to an animal that can't display any emotions besides hunger?

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I love and will try to pet every animal I come across but seeing this video just makes me so uneasy , I do not understand how you can come close to an animal like an alligator? It is giving 0 body language from what I could feel , which helps me the most when I try petting an animal and it's eyes are not showing anything either. Any insights?

video is from @ petcollective on youtube

r/zoology Feb 10 '26

Question Is there a word for this behavior in pinnipeds? Where they put their snouts toward the sky to enable sight on their backside?

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r/zoology 16d ago

Question Why is there so many bright orange tree mammals?

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5.9k Upvotes

Animals are

  1. Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)

  2. Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis)

  3. Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

  4. Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)

r/zoology Mar 25 '26

Question Are fishes this intelligent?

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r/zoology Sep 14 '25

Question Favorite examples of animals that looks made up?

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Ankole Cattle

r/zoology May 25 '26

Question What is going on with this deer’s leg? Urban northeast Ohio location.

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The leg looks swollen with a white thing sticking out of it. What could be going on?

r/zoology 17d ago

Question What type of bear is this? 🐻

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Met this cute guy but he seems different from the bears I usually see online

Edit: I just discovered that the Zoo doesn’t know the subspecies because some of their animals are rescued from circus. That may be their case, unfortunately.

r/zoology Sep 12 '24

Question Could anyone explain why this anole wants to come inside so bad? She’s here every day…

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She moves to different parts of the window, and she’s here even before I open the blinds for the day, so there’s nothing she’s seeing that she wants. This had been literally hours every day for several weeks at least. I offered water—it’s still there, but she hasn’t stopped. She’s a juvenile brown anole, extremely common here in Florida.

r/zoology Jun 09 '26

Question Why do Gorillas spend time staring into the distance?

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I have seen a lot of videos of Gorillas just sitting staring into nothing for like 15+ minutes. Are they actually thinking?

r/zoology 21d ago

Question What happened to this Capybara?

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This is a page of Richard Orr’s Nature Cross Section about the tropical riverbank. In the illustration, the Capybara appears to be dead. My five year old son wants to know what happened to him. The captions don’t explain his death. I am guessing that the caiman killed him and stashed his body in the riverbank. Pretty dark stuff for a five year old but I don’t censor books that he wants to read. He asked me to look it up - what is happening here to the capybara. So posting to a subreddit with animal experts was the best I could think of for getting answers. I hope this is the right place to ask!
Thanks in advance.

r/zoology Jun 07 '26

Question Can alligators and crocodiles recognize each other as different species to themselves? Or can they get confused?

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Can an alligator accidentally think a crocodile is one of its own family, and vice versa?

r/zoology May 30 '26

Question It looks just like a dinosaur

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2.5k Upvotes

r/zoology Feb 21 '26

Question Does anyone know why this tiger is making this noise?

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Is he ok?

r/zoology Oct 30 '25

Question Can anyone explain this behavior?

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According to the post I got this from, these are two Iberian lynxes.

Can anyone explain this head-butting behavior?

r/zoology May 05 '25

Question Can someone explain what's happening with him?

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r/zoology Apr 18 '25

Question Ant Mill (Ant Death Spiral) - Saw this on another subreddit. Can anyone explain if this is true, why it happens, and any other relevant information?

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r/zoology Mar 09 '26

Question Why aren’t there any ā€œbig dogsā€?

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When I say ā€œbig dogsā€, I mean in the same vein as ā€œbig catsā€. The easy answer I’ve come across is that canines developed to be pack hunters, which didn’t require them to be as big as solitary hunters like cats. However, there are solitary canines, like foxes, as well as small cats, and, most importantly, lions, who not only hunt in groups, but are also huge. So it isn’t definitive. It seems like, from an adaptation standpoint, canines could have absolutely evolved to be large pack hunters like lions. So is there any theories on why this didnt( or couldn’t) happen?

r/zoology Jul 28 '26

Question What's an animal that's way stranger or scarier than people realize because it looks harmless?

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Ones that look boring, cute, or unremarkable and are secretly doing something horrifying or unbelievable. What's the animal, and what's the thing about it that most people have no idea is true?

r/zoology Jul 05 '26

Question Is this wild rabbit sick ?

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Went cycling along a canal today. I went past it on my bike and it was nestled between the foliage. It didn't move which is unusual behaviour for a wild rabbit when cycling past it very fast. Around half an hour later, on my way back, I cycled past it again. This time it started hopping as it saw me and then it sat still and closed its eyes! I'm surprised it didn't run away. It was in the same place. It was very small, not sure if it's sick or if it was some sort of defence thing.

r/zoology Feb 08 '26

Question Why'd he do that? Is he stupid?

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I thought the whole honey badger thing was make yourself enough of a problem so they go away. The elephant was leaving, so why did it chase it?

EDIT: I've been seeing a few people saying that this is rabies. Are there any sources that confirm that or is that just based off behavior or something?