However, it has been shown that some animals, like chimpanzees, were able to generate creative plans of action to achieve their goals, and thus would seem to have a causal insight which transcends mere custom.

For example ocean algae use bromine but land plants and animals seem to need none.

The only land animals known to exist on Clipperton Island are bright-orange crabs ( which are poisonous to consume ), birds, lizards and rats, the last of which seem to have arrived from recently wrecked ships.

For example, ocean algae use bromine but land plants and animals seem to need none, and all animals require sodium, but some plants do not.

Despite their needs, prairie dogs are very social animals and come to seem as though they treat humans as members of their colony, answering barks and chirps, and even coming when called by name.

The local government commissioner, Constans-Saint-Esteve, also observed the boy and wrote there was " something extraordinary in his behavior, which makes him seem close to the state of wild animals ".

In his postwar thinking, Heidegger distanced himself from Nazism, but his critical comments about Nazism seem " scandalous " to some since they tend to equate the Nazi war atrocities with other inhumane practices related to rationalisation and industrialisation, including the treatment of animals by factory farming.

Although hippos like to lie close to each other, they do not seem to form social bonds except between mothers and daughters, and are not social animals.

As Stith Thompson points out, talking animals and the presence of magic seem to be more common to the fairy tale than fairies themselves.

This has also been called " alternation of generations ", although as alternation between a diploid and a haploid generation is never found in animals, most modern sources seem to avoid the term in this context.

While the eagles generally seem to prefer flying lemurs where available, most other animals found in the Philippines, short of adult ungulates and humans, may be taken as prey.

However, to take a rather extreme case, it would seem strange to say that when man is compared to bacteria, that mankind is not a vastly more complex and advanced form of life ; or that the invasion of the land by plants and animals was not a great advance in the history of life on this planet.

Several fossils sites from South Africa seem to show that Dinofelis may have hunted and killed Australopithecus africanus since they harbored fossilized remains of Dinofelis, hominids, and other large contemporary animals of the period.

These mammals seem to represent animals that were anatomically somewhere between the more basal " Plagiaulacida " and the further derived members of Cimolodonta.

In some other species however, contractile roots seem to be a defence against digging animals and can bury the corm surprisingly deeply over the years.

While hunting in the dark depths, elephant seals seem to locate their prey at least partly by vision ; the bioluminescence of some prey animals can facilitate their capture.

Those opposed to their use prefer restraining children through hand-holding, not making them seem like animals, confinement to strollers, or not permitting children who behave badly or wander away to leave their homes.

The animals which hatched from the eggs over the previous day seem to appear instantly.

Much of this movement seems to be directed, in the sense that the animals in question seem to be purposely moving towards a particular spot for a reason.

Despite his polite, unhurried demeanor, animals seem to have a fearful respect for Kaa.

Taxxons are hunters and predators, but seem to have at least one large brain, which can be controlled by a Yeerk ( Yeerks cannot usually infest multi-brained animals ).

Small for his age even then, Barty would impersonate very young children alongside brawny authority figures or wild animals, and making these threats seem even larger by comparison.

On the other hand, some animals, such as pigeons and rats, seem to prefer to respond for food rather than eat equally available " free food " in some conditions.

These animals do not seem to demonstrate any sort of reaction to urushiol.

She had the feeling that, under the mouldering leaves, there would be the bodies of dead animals, quietly decaying and giving their soil back to the mountain.

The fish, animals, and birds which may be found at the site are another interest.

Additive should not be fed 72 hours before animals are slaughtered.

Man may also be injured secondarily by damage to his food crops or domestic animals.

Some agents have been shown to be much more toxic or infectious to experimental animals when exposed to aerosols of optimum particle size than by the natural portal.

The finding that the concentration of one of these proteases is increased in thyroid glands from TSH-treated animals suggests that this protease may be active in vivo.

Similar effects can be induced reflexly via the baroreceptor reflexes in man and animals.

If adjectival meanings show relatively low retentiveness of stems, as I am confident will prove to be the case in most languages of the world, why should our basic lists include 15 per cent of these unstable forms, but only 8 per cent of animals and plants which replace much more slowly??

Buchheister pledged the land would be an `` inviolate '' sanctuary for all birds, animals and plants.

Some cells in multicellular animals may be amoeboid, for instance human white blood cells, which consume pathogens.

Early examples of attempts to capture the phenomenon of motion drawing can be found in paleolithic cave paintings, where animals are depicted with multiple legs in superimposed positions, clearly attempting to convey the perception of motion.

Rebirth would be in form of animals or other lower creatures if one performed bad Karmas and in human form in a good family with joyous lifetime if the person was good in last birth.

The Vicuña and Guanaco can be found living in the Altiplano, while the closely related domesticated Llama and Alpaca are widely kept by locals as pack animals and for their meat and wool.

In August 2012, two mites preserved in amber were determined to be the oldest animals ever to have been found in the substance ; the mites are 230 million years old and were discovered in north-eastern Italy.

These early human cultures later interpreted these spirits to be present in animals, the living plant world, and even in natural objects in a form of animism.

Aspirin should be used in animals only under the direct supervision of a veterinarian ; in particular, cats lack the glucuronide conjugates that aid in the excretion of aspirin, making even low doses potentially toxic.

Hume insists that the conclusions of the Enquiry will be very powerful if they can be shown to apply to animals and not just humans.

Wildlife enthusiasts are using the northward march of the armadillo as an opportunity to educate others about the animals, which can be a burrowing nuisance to property owners and managers.

However, the total population of the arctic fox must be in the order of several hundred thousand animals.

The other main lines were the Ascetosporea, the Myxozoa ( now known to be derived from animals ), and the Microsporidia ( now known to be derived from fungi ).

Moreover they argued that some species have been created for the purpose of being sacrificed and eaten by humans, that it is normal for animals to kill and eat other animals, that agriculture, too, inevitably leads to the death of many animals, that plants are living beings as well and must still be destroyed, that we unintentionally and unknowingly destroy life forms all the time, and that a hunted animal has a fair chance to survive by killing the hunter.