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Bottlenose dolphins are so crazy smart and cute we want to be friends with one!

We'd swim into the ocean and introduce ourselves, then, the craziest part is, they could introduce themselves to us: by telling us their name!!

Of course we'd only understand it if we spoke dolphinese but it's still a pretty cool fact.

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B found that bottlenose dolphins have signature whistles and can use the signature whistles of other dolphins.

Tags: communication, cool, dolphins, name, research, science, study, talking

Holy beeswax!

A new study has been published that shows that a toxin in bee venom can kill the HIV virus.

Scientists hope that this new breakthrough may lead to a gel that can be used to prevent the further spread of the HIV virus.

Here's what one scientist said:

“Our hope is that in places where HIV is running rampant, people could use this gel as a preventive measure to stop the initial infection."

That would be crazy awesome!!

We never thought we would say this, but thank the lawd for bee venom!!!

Watch an informational video directly (above) !!!

Tags: bee, hiv, kills, research, study, venom

In a new study at Italy's University of Padua, they found that male guppies would rather hang around less attractive males when in the presence of females!

This sounds like something that humans could use to their advantage. Ha!

What the researchers did was

Tags: attractive, females, fish, funny, guppies, love, males, mating, research, study, ugly

Unless you're a sponge, you and every multi-cellular animal on Earth have nerves…and many animals feel pain just like we do.

So when it comes to mice, rats, and rabbits grimacing in pain, we SHOULD be able to empathize as we feel pain too.

In studies comparing "grimace scales" for mice, rabbits, and horses, scientists are quickly discovering how to identify and alleviate pain.

Tags: expression, health, horse, mouse, nervous system, pain, physical cues, rabbit, science, study

Sometimes, life can get you down at the half way point….

Just ask humans….and apes too?!?!

Scientists have published a study stating that humans tend to be unhappiest in their 40's. This low point comes after a peak in the 20's, and before another peak in the 70's.

In the same study, zoos surveyed over 500 chimps and orangutans on happiness and shockingly, apes experience the same U-shaped happiness range.

Tags: adulthood, ape, happiness, humans, mid life crisis, research, science, study

Got a nervous pup? An anxious doggy? A stressed out pooch??

Well good news! Colorado State University found that classical music like Mozart and Beethoven might reduce stress in dogs.

The study found that normal classical music calmed pets down better than music made specifically for calming down pets!

Tags: beethoven, behavior, classical music, colorado, dog, doggy, good news, mozart, music, pets, research, social, study, therapy

There is nothing cuter than pictures of different animals being friends!

If we saw an antelope kiss a lion cub, we would literally pass out.

We just found out there are scientists, like Dr. Marc Bekoff, who study animal emotions, animal friendship and many more of the world's cutest science topics.

Marc is a former Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado and he is featured in Animal Odd Couples.

Animal Odd Couples is a PBS show that focuses on the cutest relationships in nature, the ones between animals you wouldn't expect.

Whether it's a deer and a dog, a lion and a coyote, or a Volkswagon and volcano, if it doesn't belong together, it's pretty cute. Except maybe that last example, that'd just be cool to see.

Check out the video (above) to hear how animal emotional relationships are as complex and real as humans'!

Tags: animal, animals, cat, couples, cute, family, movie, nature, odd, odd couples, study, tv show, video, watch