Clever Hans: the horse who changed how humans study animal cognition
Clever Hans appeared to solve arithmetic and intellectual tasks, but Oskar Pfungst showed in 1907 that the horse was reading involuntary human…
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Mrs. Chippy: the cat aboard Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition
Mrs. Chippy was the male ship’s cat aboard Shackleton’s Endurance, later killed after the ship was crushed and survival on the ice…
Martha: the last known passenger pigeon
Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, died at the Cincinnati Zoo on September 1, 1914, and became a defining symbol of human-caused…
Old Abe: the eagle of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry
Old Abe was the bald eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry during the American Civil War and later became a durable…
Greyfriars Bobby: Edinburgh’s loyal-dog memory beside a grave
Greyfriars Bobby is Edinburgh’s famous loyal-dog story, traditionally said to have guarded John Gray’s grave for years, though details are disputed and…
Barry: the mountain rescue dog remembered at the Great St Bernard Pass
Barry was the best-known rescue dog of the Great St Bernard Hospice tradition, remembered for mountain rescues while surrounded by legends that…
Seaman: the Newfoundland dog of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Seaman was the Newfoundland dog purchased by Meriwether Lewis in 1803 and the only animal to complete the full Lewis and Clark…