Comments on: Teacher Appreciation Week: Animal (school)House http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2444 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:19:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Adrienne http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2444/comment-page-1#comment-3905 Adrienne Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:21:20 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2444#comment-3905 So who won the contest for best teacher? So who won the contest for best teacher?

]]> By: n2y2 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2444/comment-page-1#comment-3623 n2y2 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:25:24 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/2444#comment-3623 Don't forget the meerkats. They actively teach their young to hunt scorpions (as opposed to learning just by observance). When learning to hunt scorpions, the young are first presented with a dead scorpion. After that the teacher will remove the stinger from a living scorpion and give it to the tyke. The adult stays around to corral the prey for the youngster. From there the pup will be introduced to a fully armed arachnid. Here is a National Geographic article on the topic: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060713-meerkats.html Don’t forget the meerkats. They actively teach their young to hunt scorpions (as opposed to learning just by observance).

When learning to hunt scorpions, the young are first presented with a dead scorpion. After that the teacher will remove the stinger from a living scorpion and give it to the tyke. The adult stays around to corral the prey for the youngster. From there the pup will be introduced to a fully armed arachnid.

Here is a National Geographic article on the topic:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060713-meerkats.html

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