• Question: What is the most interesting animal to watch?

    Asked by anon-292572 to Sian on 21 Apr 2021.
    • Photo: Sian Green

      Sian Green answered on 21 Apr 2021:

      I love watching badgers, I find the way they run so funny and they have lots of interesting behaviours such as grooming (they are surprisingly flexible) and foraging. They are very social and it’s great seeing them interact with other members of their group. Young badgers are especially playful and will chase each other all around!

Comments

  • Photo: Ed

    Ed commented on :

    I brought my 1 year old daughter to the zoo last weekend. Our favorite animal to watch were the orange-winged amazon birds (Scientific Name: Amazona amazonica), they can live for 30 years and enjoy eating nuts and seeds in the amazon rain forests. At the zoo we could walk about in their bird enclosure and feed them pots of nectarine juice 🙂

  • Photo: Steve

    Steve commented on :

    It’s not part of my research – but I love watching ants work together – absolutely fascinating. At the opposite end of the scale, watching bears and wolves fight over a buffalo carcass in Yellowstone a few years ago was one of my life’s highglights!

  • Photo: Neil

    Neil commented on :

    I do not study animals at all but my favourite animal to watch on documentaries are Orcas (Killer Wales). They are very clever and can feel emotions just like us. I would love to see them in the wild one day!

  • Photo: Lucile

    Lucile commented on :

    Although it is not necessarily part of my work, I enjoy very much observing animal behaviours. I am particularly found of watching birds, especially during the spring when they are busy preparing their nests and calling to each other to make new friends.

    I have also put a little wildlife trap-camera in my garden to see what the foxes are up to during the summer nights – they fight a lot, but get along quite well with the neighbourhood cats! 🙂