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A dinosaur that once lived in North America has been named in honour of the god Loki. It was described by parts of skull bones excavated in Montana five years ago.
The creature was given the scientific name Lokiceratops rangiformis. It lived on Earth some 78 million years before our time. The creature’s head was adorned with huge horns resembling the headdress of the mythical Loki.
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Pets, including cats, like humans, occasionally become ill. Various approaches have been developed to assess the condition and determine their treatment. Recently, a new method has been introduced that allows for a more detailed examination of the cat’s condition.
Scientists from Canada have created a system for assessing cat facial expressions in order to understand how comfortable a furry pet feels and, in the case of an ailment, how serious it is.
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Since they were first mentioned by naturalists in the Victorian era, there has been debate about the existence of jumping leeches, with some claiming to have seen them “acrobatically” and others believing that these worms were probably just falling from above.
More than 100 years later, this debate has been resolved thanks to a video recording made by researchers May Fahmy and Michael Tessler.
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This hotel provides top class holidays for four-legged friends. Because of this, it is very popular. However, now everything may change, because the management decided to introduce a ban on the use of the pool for guests.
As the management explained, dogs behave better than humans, so it was easier to refuse the latter to visit the pool.
The opening of the dog hotel in Castellón de la Plana took place 7 years ago. The guests dreamed of holidaying with their pets and the idea of creating a dog-friendly hotel was born. Nowadays, the hotel has everything you need for a dog-friendly holiday. The highlight of the programme is the 700 square metre swimming pool with a capacity of 360,000 litres, which is the only one of its kind in the region and one of the largest in Europe.
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Having sequenced the genomes of 20 dogs of 8 popular breeds, the experts noted the maximum of “bad” mutations in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
According to historical records, dogs of this breed have existed for at least a thousand years and were popular at royal courts for a number of centuries in Europe and Asia.
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