SFSU Biologist Deciphers Desert Animals' Whistles And Drumbeats
...f ever-accelerating foot-drumming in response to a stalking snake or fox. Unlike kangaroo rats, their motives are altruistic. The gerbils live in tight, cooperative family groups, and adults whistle and foot-drum to warn their kin to hide. "The kangaroo rats appear to be trying to convince an approaching snak......otic device as vulnerable as a human would be to a stalking tiger. The research was funded by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research....Terminator tussle: Controversial technology needed, experts say
...d that the issue of plant sterilization genes is a stalking horse that these groups are opposed to the technology simply because they oppose any type of genetic modification. "If an environmental group gets to the point where it is trying to make the technology as dangerous as possible to stop people from us...