Does Your Pet Seem Almost Human? It May Be A Clever Response To Loneliness

Science Daily ^ | University of Chicago.

[blam]

To see my best friends, click on my name.

[highimpact]

Didn’t Tom Hanks already address this question when he was stranded on a tiny island with a volleyball?

[Hildy]

Great point!

[highimpact]

"In the movie Castaway, Tom Hanks was isolated on an island and found the social desolation to be one of the most daunting challenges with which he had to deal," said Cacioppo, the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor in Psychology at the University of Chicago.

LOL. Guess I should've read the whole thing, or at least applied for a grant. Why are these people being paid again?

[rockabyebaby]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAT? Dogs aren’t human???? Well, I’ll be a son of gun! My dog won’t buy this for a minute!

[Bahbah]

They are beautiful, blam.

I have my little Basset Hound. I do not think she is human, but I am very fond of her.

[colorcountry]

Great pack!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The secular Left accepts everything in God’s world, except God. That said, animals, especially dogs, are indeed a great gift.

[CzarNicky]

My cats don’t like being thought of as human. They believe themselves way above that.

[KoRn]

"To see my best friends, click on my name."

I'll make it a point not to be on your property after dark. lol

[GATOR NAVY]

What does this say about the envirofreaks who anthropomorphize the planet?

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

[Vision Thing]

He so ronery!

[highimpact]

Looks like an alpha male and four loyal subjects. Happy dogs who love you for who you are a gift from God. You can always tell a dog person (just don’t try to tell them too much.)

Nice piece of land. Reminds me of my youth.

[ShandaLear]

They are canine beings!

[giotto]

He did so, in part, by anthropomorphizing a volleyball, Wilson, who became his friend and confidant while he was on the island."

Castaway--one of the most idiotic movie scripts of all time. A man spends years in total isolation and never once turns his thoughts to a higher power--Now that's a fantastic, completely unbelievable premise. Hollywood, in its obstinate refusal to recognize the importance, or even the existence, of God, has managed to take an excellent movie premise and turn it into a totally forgettable film.

[cgbg]

My dogs are definitely smarter than those global warming protest kooks in the snow in Annapolis.

[Old Professer]

As long as we have Mother Earth to hold us to her bosom we need not be afraid.

[DeLaine]

Gee you’re cute. Oh wait, you’re not the blonde one, wagging his....

oops. Nevermind.

[#1CTYankee]

"To see my best friends, click on my name."

Wow, I got one more than you, my wife, son daughter and my two dogs.

Click on my name to see the kids.

Freegards.