![]() Others, like the flame-crested salamander, needle their friends' insecurities to feel better about their own.īut none match frogs in cuteness-to-convulsion ratio, in which frogs rank second only to the barb-footed pseudo-koala. Many amphibians, like frogs, newts, and salamanders, are variously toxic. 6 Brazilian Frogs Fight With A Venomous Headbutt But if a non-dominant individual starts the vote, it requires about 10 sneezes to reach a consensus, mirroring the voting process of the Nordic countries. If a dominant pair or alpha female (it's a matriarchal society) initiates the voting, it only takes about three sneezes to decide. And that dominant dogs' sneezes count more-a cornerstone of Western democracy. Researchers researching unrelated wild dog relations noticed excessive sneezing but, alarmingly, no "bless you." So they recorded 68 "social rallies" across five dog packs in Botswana, discovering that dogs hold a sneeze-vote before hunting. More importantly, these African arf-meisters practice democracy via sneezing quorum, which is one of those "science weirder than fiction" sentences. They communally care for pups and the needy and sleep all day piled up on each other, as old Speedy Gonzalez cartoons (and "modern" FOX news) told me that all Latin-speaking people do. Look at 'em.ĪWDs live in tightly-bonded packs of up to around 40. Michael Gäbler/Wiki Commons -CC-BY-3.0 Seriously. ![]() Still, they prove that awww who's my precious smart little barskter? You are! Yes, yoooouuuuu! is not exclusive to domesticated species. ![]() Lip Kee/Wiki Commons - CC-BY-SA-2.0 Just like Darwin predicted.Įvolutionarily, African wild dogs said sayonara to other dog types around 1.7 million years ago. Maybe we should look elsewhere for inspiration, like the African wild dogs who practice what may be the world's truest democracy. Other innovations have stagnated, as per the democratic ideal that consists of a few liver-spotted white dudes embezzling silver-mining profits. Many ancient Greek inventions have been fine-tuned, including Archimedes' steam-powered Handjob Engine, now known as the CNC punch press. 7African Wild Dogs Practice A Sneezing Democracy ![]()
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