Discovery Bit | Abbie Caffyn | Activity https://www.discoverybit.com/members/abbieh6749129/activity/ Activity feed for Abbie Caffyn. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:52:59 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 8cb90326b2a2ff0c11afc8a92fc9b6c1 Abbie Caffyn posted an update in the group Animal: U.K Researchers, In A World First, Proved That European […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44847/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:06:06 -0600 U.K Researchers, In A World First, Proved That European Hedgehogs Can Detect High-Frequency Sounds Up To At Least 85 KHz. This Is Thanks To Their Stiffened Middle-Ear Bones, Similar To Echolocating Bats. This May Explain Why Hedgehogs Don’t Hear Some Car Noises, Which Leads To Road Deaths. Future Ultrasound Repellers Could Help Save Them.

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]]> 0 774e1ee87330096e3eda37e1668902c0 Abbie Caffyn posted an update in the group Animal: In A First, Researchers In Norway Filmed The Full Process Of […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44698/ Wed, 24 Dec 2025 06:38:39 -0600 In A First, Researchers In Norway Filmed The Full Process Of Wild Orca Birth. Drone Footage Showed Mostly Female & Juvenile Pod Members Lifting A Limp Newborn For ~15 Mins To Help It Breathe Until It Swam. The Calf Had Fetal Folds & A Floppy Fin. Led By Mother NKW-591, The Pod Showed Midwife-Like Care, Revealing Rare Natural Orca Behavior.

]]> 0 695e39cad124225c389f6b181741872b Abbie Caffyn posted an update in the group Animal: Scientists In Canada, Off BC, Recorded The First-Ever […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44678/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:02:11 -0600 Scientists In Canada, Off BC, Recorded The First-Ever Cooperative Hunt Between Killer Whales & Pacific White-Sided Dolphins For Chinook Salmon. Dolphins Used Echolocation To Scout; While The Whales Tore The Large Prey. Whales Gain Efficient Hunting; While Dolphins Get Scraps & Potential Protection, Confirming A Mutually Beneficial Alliance.

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]]> 0 5cc7fab55fc043498ce2a550787c2014 Abbie Caffyn posted an update in the group Animal: Researchers Have Documented, For The First Time, The Biggest […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/42494/ Wed, 02 Feb 2022 02:17:53 -0600 Researchers Have Documented, For The First Time, The Biggest Predation Event On Earth— Orcas killing The Largest Animal On Earth, The Blue Whale. The Killings Were Led By Female Orcas, Contrary To Opinions That The Strongest Male Orcas Led The Killings. The Orcas Would Push The Whale Under Water While Others Attacked Its Head And Tongue.

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]]> 0 befa99d6332dd87e932b76d2e9c03073 Abbie Caffyn posted an update in the group Animal: Orcas Are Known To Be Highly Intelligent And Social […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/14800/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 04:38:29 -0600 Orcas Are Known To Be Highly Intelligent And Social Creatures. So It May Come As No Surprise That A Captive Killer Whale Could Learn To Speak (Probably With No Understanding) In Other Dialects, For Example, Say Human Words Like Hello And Bye. Elephants And Seals Have Also Been Known To Say Human Words Too.

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