# 📎 Topic: Animals a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli. Bacteria are not animals. "Germ" is not a technical term. Parasites are usually animals. Single-celled animals like protozoans do exist. # Products ## Notes - [[domestication]] - [[role of cattle in ancient history]] - [[impact of increasing maximum herd size in a region]] - The hippopotamus is the world's deadliest large land mammal, killing an estimated 500 people per year in Africa. ## Articles ### Pending - [[Creature Creation From the Taming Of]] - [[weird animals to take inspiration from]] ### Complete - [[2022.03.23a Creature creation from the blood up]] - [[Transporting Information]] covers animals like homing pigeons and how horse-drawn carriages compare to riders compare to runners in terms of message speed. ## Newsletters - [[2021-04-05 Tails]] — Covers the benefits of tails for mammals, lizards, and fish & why bipeds don't have them. - [[2021-02-22 Wool]] — a roundup of all the different animals that produce wool. - [[2020-11-10 Pigs]] — discussion about what pigs are good for: efficient source of meat and fat, boar hunts for status, and why they're really not more dangerous than other meat sources. - [[2020-08-17 Beetles]] - Equines: * [[2020-10-19 Horseboats (DRAFT)]] * [[2020-11-30 Onagers]] # References - [[8 animals that take hallucinogenic drugs and enjoy it]] - [[ancient Mesopotamian cattle milking practices]] - [[Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia]]