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Federal Govt. Spends $2.1 Million to Study “What Animals Really Think”
Cybercast News Service ^
| April 3, 2013
| Penny Starr
Posted on 04/04/2013 8:02:45 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $2.1 million grant over five years for a research project titled, “Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think.”
The research project is designed to study how animals think and to promote “the evolutionary link between animals and humans,” as well as animal welfare “in the wild and in our homes,” according to the award abstract on the NSF Web site. …
The project, which includes a 1,500 sq.-ft. traveling exhibit “exploring animal cognition,” will also place human behavior under the microscope. …
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: metacognition
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:02:45 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
They think “these humans are VERY irresponsible with money”.
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:04:42 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: Olog-hai
In the meantime FAA towers are being shut down and border patrols crippled.
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:04:59 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
To: Olog-hai
I wonder whether the “scientists” are going to conduct the “study” in downtown Chicago: no shortage of animals there.
To: Standing Wolf
Or on Pelosi and Reid....
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:07:18 AM PDT
by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
To: Olog-hai
Money well spent. And their conclusions? If any? I really wanna’ know what aminals think (the misspelling was deliberate), cuz’ with a couple more millions given to me, I will study what trees think.
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:07:57 AM PDT
by
laweeks
To: Olog-hai
I just asked our cat what she thinks ,she said, “I want treats “
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:08:08 AM PDT
by
molson209
To: Olog-hai
What a dog thinks, "Those creatures that stand on their hind legs all the time feed me, give me shelter, and provide for my every need...Therefore they must be God's and I should worship them.
What a cat thinks, "Those creatures that stand on their hind legs all the time feed me, give me shelter, and provide for my every need...Therefore I must be a God and they should worship me.
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:08:15 AM PDT
by
apillar
To: apillar
Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:09:53 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Olog-hai
Same things as most people; food, sex, comfort, safety, family
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:12:33 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
To: Olog-hai
Another liberal Religion supported by State confiscation of wealth from people who actually work.
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:13:18 AM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: Olog-hai
They want to make sure that “Some animals are more equal than others” is firmly in there already.
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:14:13 AM PDT
by
Teacher317
(sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast)
To: Olog-hai
What Animals Really Think. Judging by my cats, they mostly don't.
To: Thane_Banquo
Cats:
“Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......wait is that the can opener I hear?”
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:19:10 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Olog-hai
Let me save the govt $2million.
What animals really think:
1. What am I going to eat today?
2. Who am I going to have sex with today?
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:23:02 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Olog-hai
But no chemo for Grandma!
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:23:12 AM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: Olog-hai
What is it thinking?
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:29:05 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Olog-hai
(sigh)
We’re broke and the clueless kiddies in Congress keep throwing money we don’t have into black holes like this.
This is reminiscent of the study we paid for decades ago to learn the sex habits of pygmies. The results of that crucial study are used to . . . . . . . . . . . . uh, . . . . . . . . . . . er, . . . . . . . . . . .
(Beats me why we needed to know that!)
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04/04/2013 8:30:40 AM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(Congress - another name for anti-American criminals!!)
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:42:31 AM PDT
by
deoetdoctrinae
(The Old White Flag Republicans can go straight to He// and take their pal Obama with them!)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:44:23 AM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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