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Dictionary » C » Canines CaninesCanine spasm --> risus caninus The semblance of a grin caused by facial spasm especially in tetanus. Synonym: canine spasm, cynic spasm, risus sardonicus, sardonic grin, spasmus caninus, trismus sardonicus. Origin: L. Risus, laugh _ caninus, doglike ![]()
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Results from our forumWhy are animals so quiet?... other than sound. Scents for example are often used more than sounds for communication even in animals that do use vocal signals as well: wild canines are a good example. In wolf packs, alpha females often can tell her pack members what to do by ear movements, teeth baring, even certain ways ...
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Need help figuring out this skull... take a picture of some spiders on their net. And they were quite big :lol: Anyway, back to the problem. It looks, it doesn't have big incisors or canines, so I would guess it's skull of some herbivore or omnivore or something like that ;) But it looks quite small, right? Nevertheless, as you don't ...
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Dog Trainer comes up with Anti-evolution idiocy1) “could simply be” is a logical argument? 2) Since tie is a successful adaptation, why only canines? 3) Since pack is a family group and since there is incest avoidance, why then the need for tie? 4) There is no incest avoidance in domestic dogs. 5) Bears, cougars, humans, ...
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Re: Wildlife biology... if anyone could shed some light on this for me. I am a wildlife researcher and I am looking to start up a wildlife sanctuary devoted to wild canines. I have been to several sites but I am having no luck finding out how to get grants. Any information would be appreciated. And do we need a ...
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On Subspecies... tiger and lion are the same species..? I think if one wants to point out the problems of categorizing species they might want to use certain canines such as dog and wolf as an example: there you have two species who can relatively easily interbreed and have perfectly viable offspring. These ...
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