Dressing for Life

During their lives, animals spend tons of time taking care of their personal appearance. They scratch, lick, powder themselves, or comb their feathers and take baths for hours, every day. This personal hygiene not only prevents illnesses and parasites, it also helps them to defend themselves, to hide, or to heighten certain smells. It can even establish incredible frameworks for relationships, sometimes creating lifelong friends. Getting dressed up is so essential that all wildlife feels an impulse, an instinct, just like hunger or fear, that regularly drives them to clean themselves up in order to survive…