Does anyone know if the temporal glands that are often associated with musth in elephants have any homologous structure in humans?

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What does hemocyanin taste like?

Does anyone know first-hand or know of a recorded observation as to what hemocyanin (the oxygen-binding molecule in the blood of most arthropods and mollusks) smells/tastes like? I know that...

03 April 2019 8,304 4 View

Does anyone know the context of this Dobzhansky quote?

I remember quite some time ago I came across an interesting quote which I believe was attributed to the evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky. If I recall right, it was in one of G.G....

03 April 2019 6,765 3 View

Who suggested Hyaenodontids are Afrotherians?

I have often heard in the "gray" literature and from several informal statements by researchers that there has been some suggestion that hyaenodontid "creodonts" may eventually be found to be...

08 September 2015 3,812 14 View

What is the correct term for hard-object feeding browsers?

I am wondering if there is a proper term for mammal species that are browsers, but primarily feed on the woody tissues of a plant as opposed to the leaves and shoots. Examples that come to mind...

06 July 2015 3,436 8 View

Arthropod Carapace Thickness/Toughness?

So, its probably fairly obvious to everyone reading this that arthropod carapce thicknesses have varied quite a bit among the different groups, just like every other part of their anatomy....

04 May 2015 1,795 4 View

Are there any animals capable of breaking their own teeth with their bite force?

I know that humans can sometimes crack their teeth if they are too careless with how they bite, and I was wondering if any animals, which often have much higher bite forces compared to a human,...

11 December 2014 2,030 8 View

Can anyone lend advice on Colonial Rodent Paleontology?

Does anyone know of any sites in the fossil record that represent either a colonial rodent colony or a microfaunal "pocket" that accumulated via material flowing into an already-present rodent...

06 July 2014 4,585 4 View

Do camera traps ever get damaged while out in the field?

I've noticed that in recent years there has been an overall trend of using camera traps and other such methodologies to take pictures of large animals in remote regions. I was wondering if when...

05 June 2014 4,521 3 View

Does anybody know of any electrogenic abilities in fossil fish?

So, as many of you are probably aware, there are several living groups of fish which are able to use electroreception to some degree to either passively sense the world around them or, in some...

05 June 2014 4,819 2 View

Can anyone help regarding the history of "poison claws" in pimpline ichneumonids?

I recently read on Catalogue of Organisms (http://coo.fieldofscience.com/2014/05/wasps-with-fangs-on-their-feet.html) that pimpline ichneumonid wasps have enlarged claws on their hind tarsi that...

04 May 2014 2,254 2 View

IHC on mouse liver hepatocytes?

Can anyone help me choose primary antibodies for mouse liver hepatocytes and also in conjunction Cd8 cells. Also Cd3 cells. I want to look at hepatocytes and adjacent immune cells in mice with...

01 March 2021 6,953 1 View

Is there a method of determining feed digestibility without the need to re-pellet the feed?

I am aiming to determine the ADC values of a commercial fish feed, but I do not have a steam pelleter or extruder available to me. Ideally, the pellets could be coated with some inert marker....

28 February 2021 7,967 3 View

Can Ethovision store the generated data and video recordings directly to NAS system?

The size of data generated by Ethovision is huge. Having NAS system for data storage seems to be a good option, I am wondering whether Ethovision can directly store the data to the NAS system...

27 February 2021 6,350 2 View

Are there any open-source datasets containing physiological information about exercises to be used for an OR-model?

I have just recently started a new "weekend project" in addition to my master's studies and I am looking for a data-set. I would like to use some Operations Research to design an optimal gym...

22 February 2021 8,023 1 View

How we can measure Kemp % in wool without using of benzene?

Would you please let me to know about the methods for measurement of medullation and Kemp % on animal? My problem is that the wool sampling and sending to laboratory is not possible. So I would...

21 February 2021 7,260 4 View

Do I need to introduce HFD to ob/ob mice to obtain a T2DM model?

I am planning to work on T2 diabetic animals and check the efficacy of probiotics. My initial plan is to fed B6 animals with HFD for a while. But now, I have the chance to work on ob/ob mice. My...

18 February 2021 6,896 3 View

FDC and FRC cell populations in mouse spleen?

I was trying to isolate fibroblastic reticular cells (FRC) and follicular dendritic cells from mice spleen, but kept getting poor yield. I found from literature that the frequency of FDC is around...

17 February 2021 3,506 4 View

Any recommendations for methods to analyze elephant space-use (using GPS) and correlating this with changes in NDVI?

For my Masters I am looking into elephant space-use and its effect on vegetation change. I have elephant GPS collar data and was going to use Google Earth Engine to obtain NDVI values. I would...

16 February 2021 7,097 3 View

What is the correct common name for Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris?

There are two extant species of Hydrochoerus: Hydrochoerus isthmius, the lesser or Panamanian capybara, and the genotype species H. hydrochaeris. The latter is the more common species of capybara,...

11 February 2021 3,494 14 View

Mixed ANOVA with some normal and some non-normal data?

I am looking to run a 2x5 Mixed ANOVA to examine Sensory Processing Sensitivity in Highly Sensitive People (HSP) and Non_HSP. My Between-Subjects factor is HSP and Non-HSP. All participants tested...

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