Dogs Whales Sheep Camels Parakeets Dolphins Chimps and Jerboas

Hurst: Hello Carol! How are you, Carol? So good to see you, Carol!

Carol: Hi Hurst, any reason you’re being especially strange today?

Hurst: Well, I read an interesting piece this week about how cats can recognize their own names and I wanted to see if you would too.

Carol: This is really groundbreaking research that you’re doing. I wish the readers could see the eye roll I just did. Changing the subject, National Dolphin Day is this week and we have a fascinating story detailing the symbiotic relationship between dolphins and humans that occurs only in a small population of dolphins.

Hurst: Wow and I thought the only holiday this week was tax day! On that note, I’m off to spend my return! See you next week. 

This animal has the biggest ears on Earth (relative to size) from Nat Geo

Ocean uproar: saving marine life from a barrage of noise from Nature

At Egypt’s Tourism Gems, Animal Abuse Is an Ugly Flaw from NYT

Russia agrees to free whales held in ‘whale jail’ from PRI

Dogs, Like People, Tend to Stay Away from ‘Nasty’ People Who ‘Behave Negatively’: Study from People

Sixty-five Pembrokeshire sheep rescued in 10 days from BBC News

Man Visits Shelters to Ask for Dogs That No One Wants, Ends Up Adopting 10 Senior Canines from The Epoch Times

The Coming Obsolescence of Animal Meat from The Atlantic

Hello, kitty: Cats recognize their own names, according to new Japanese research from Science Daily

‘Most northerly’ parakeets cause flap in Glasgow park from BBC News

A Netflix Nature Series Says to Viewers: Don’t Like What You See? Do Something About It from NYT

These fishermen-helping dolphins have their own culture from National Geographic

Captured 17-Foot-Long Python Was About to Have 73 Babies from Live Science

Audio: Tool-using, ground-nesting chimp culture discovered in DR Congo from Mongabay

Thank you to Heather Dixon-Fowler, John Delconte, and Erik Hoffner for sharing some of this week’s stories with us!  Photo credit: Mendar Bouchali from Unsplash