Search Options
close
Search the following clips:
All Clips
Everyone's Clips
My Guides
Sign Up
Install
Learn More
Login
Political Animals (Yes, Animals)
wildcat
follow
15
1-22-2008 5:11 AM
452 views
tags:
animals
,
politics
1 Comment
|
Add a Comment
1-22-2008
8:54 PM
papananook
What about weasels, rats, pigs and slugs?
Login
to Comment. Not a member yet?
Sign up
Related Clips
Is Aging an Accident of Evolution? Scient...
Dogs predicting human epileptic seizures
Science looks to animals for inspiration.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy do...
Sled Dogs - How do they keep running?
The brain parasite that influences human c...
One in four mammals risks extinction
More clips from
wildcat
Calming your thoughts through mindfulness
In Search of Wisdom: What is the Root Caus...
We'll all be citizens of virtual worlds
Today's Top Clips
Earth From Above - Stunning!
Cannabis less harmful than drinking, smoking: report
Women: Just so darn tempting.
Saudi Cleric Favours One-Eye Veil
The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator
Artist Builds Temple of Science
Stories They Can't Tell You
Is Aging an Accident of Evolution? Scientists Say "Yes"
Too many calories send the brain off kilter
Magical Thinking
visit the
Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from
January 22, 2008
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d5e5de07-dd12-4522-b7b8-b869f3a7db64/4C890DD9-B8C7-49F9-8FB8-71BFD36D2751/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/science/22angi.html?_r=1&ex=1358744400&en=393d87694ba142c4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/science/22angi.html?_r=1&ex=1358744400&en=393d87694ba142c4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/science/22angi.html?_r=1&ex=1358744400&en=393d87694ba142c4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/3091C000-97E6-4225-BA0D-51FEC13ACE98" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/science/22angi.html?_r=1&ex=1358744400&en=393d87694ba142c4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin"><P>As the candidates have shown us in the succulent telenovela that is the 2008 presidential race, there are many ways to parry for political power. You can go tough and steely in an orange hunter’s jacket, or touchy-feely with a Kleenex packet. You can ally yourself with an alpha male like Chuck Norris, befriend an alpha female like <A title="More articles about Oprah Winfrey." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/oprah_winfrey/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Oprah Winfrey</A> or split the difference and campaign with your mother. You can seek the measured endorsement of the town elders or the restless energy of the young, showily handle strange infants or furtively slam your opponents. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/science/22angi.html?_r=1&ex=1358744400&en=393d87694ba142c4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin"> Just as there are myriad strategies open to the human political animal with White House ambitions, so there are a number of nonhuman animals that behave like textbook politicians. Researchers who study highly gregarious and relatively brainy species like rhesus monkeys, baboons, dolphins, sperm whales, elephants and wolves have lately uncovered evidence that the creatures engage in extraordinarily sophisticated forms of politicking</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4C890DD9-B8C7-49F9-8FB8-71BFD36D2751/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks
Home
New Clips
Top Clips
Dashboard
Popular Topics
News
Life
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Get Started
Sign Up
Install Clipping Tool
How Clipping Works
Clip-to-Blog™
ClipSearch
Tools and Resources
FAQ
ClipWeek
Top Clippers
Top Tags
Site Map
About Clipmarks
About Us
Contact
Blog
Copyright
Privacy
EULA
OK
