Richard Collins: Bold mothers seal the deal for pups

‘NOTHING ventured nothing gained” and “faint heart never won fair lady”. But, “fools rush in where angels fear to tread” and “discretion is the better part of valour”. So how adventurous is it wise to be? asks Richard Collins.

Some people are notorious risk-takers, others are wimps. Do animals have similar personality traits? Seal expert Christi Bubac, of the University of Alberta, thinks they do.