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Anthropomorphism in animal research

The methodological debate over attributing human emotions such as grief or distress to animal behaviour, and the standards researchers use to keep descriptive case reports defensible.

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A camera lowered off the Gold Coast captured the first documented humpback stillbirth

Newborn humpbacks lack the blubber to float, so a stillborn calf sinks out of sight almost at once. None of the roughly 20 humpback births in the literature was a stillbirth until a Gold Coast crew put a camera in the water.

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Builder 51%
Operator
Operator 22%
Investor
Investor 27%

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+32
Incentives55
Confidence70