Posted on 06/04/2007 6:45:59 AM PDT by Daffynition
Dog owners have long maintained that their pooches have a lot more going on between their furry ears than scientists acknowledge. Now, new research is adding to the growing evidence that man's best friend thinks a lot more than many humans have believed.
The provocative new experiment indicated that dogs can do something that previously only humans, including infants, have been shown capable of doing: decide how to imitate a behavior based on the specific circumstances in which the action takes place.
More technology news "The fact that the dogs imitate selectively, depending on the situation -- that has not been shown before," said Friederike Range of the University of Vienna, who led the study. "That's something completely new."
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My dog looks and me and thinks....”You shore got a purty leg”.
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Food. Food. Food. Food. Food.
ROFLOL!!
It’s BACON!
Is that your dog? He’s precious.
LOL!!! that is adorable! i have a 9 mo old puppy, and the kids and i swear she has visible thought bubbles over her head, we often know exactly what she is thinking!
Hah, not my poor dog who has not only allergy problems but GI problems.
“I’ll eat when I feel like it. Please let me alone to suffer here.”
“My stomach hurts. I need to rest.”
“Oh wait - JOLLY BALL?!?! Dad, Mom, I don’t feel so bad anymore! You’re going out with me? Oh please, come play now!”
“I guess every dog has to have these pills and shots. I still don’t like it, though.” :-\
Dogs are amazing. :)
That dog looks like Dobby the House Elf from “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”
Today I posted this in response to a posting of an amazing wildlife video.
ML/NJ
i have seen that same thought bubble and facial expressioN!
So the dogs imitated another dog pushing a rod with her paw depending on whether she had something in her mouth or not.
I wonder how they would imitate humans - do they have it figured out that humans usually carry stuff in their hands?
Mrs VS
is that your pup? bc he/she is ADORABLE! i love JRTs, i used to have one but he bit the little girl across the street and i had to give him to someone else, bc we just couldn’t handle him. love the breed though. i have cavalier king charles spaniels now.
Chow-chow -"We don't do tricks."
Labrador - "Cookie, Food, Ball! Puhleeze throw the ball! Cookie!"
All mine thinks is FOOD, FOOD, FOOD!
cavalier: it’s raining outside, and the grass is wet, do you don’t expect me to get my feet wet to go potty do you????
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