Tag: tease

Great apes tease each other just like humans do, says new study

Researchers have found a new way in which great apes are similar to humans: they tease each other. A new study by an international team of scientists has documented “playful teasing” in orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas, according to a press release published Wednesday. “Like joking behavior in humans, ape teasing is provocative, persistent, and […]

Early blooming plants offer a tease of the approaching spring

Even with the extreme winter weather around the nation and some miserable rain and cold locally, I see hints of spring. Winter can be so bland with many trees and shrubs being bare, but usually starting in late January and into February spring flowering begins to give us a little warm season tease. In my […]