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Dogs rule, cats drool
Topic Started: Nov 12 2010, 08:53 AM (322 Views)
George K
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/dogs-decoded.html

Just watched this.

Fascinating stuff. Dogs read human emotions. Humans understand different dog barks. Petting a dog releases oxytocin (which mothers get when nursing). If you have a heart attack, and you have a dog, you're 3-4 times more likely to survive.
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*WOOF!!* wag wag wag wag...
O hai. I can haz big dinnerz?

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Cats just watch, disinterestedly, idly wondering which part of your corpse they are going to start eating, first.
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I've heard that a dog is the only creature besides a human that will look at what you point at, rather than at your finger.
Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006.
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George K
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Yep. This program addresses that, and brings into question how smart dogs really are. No other animal understands "pointing", and no other animal looks at our faces to "read" us the way that dogs do. Also, dogs seem to be able to make the jump from the representation (picture) of an object to the real thing.

What I found particularly interesting is how it's impossible to domesticate a wolf, at least in its first generation; and how work with foxes - breeding them for tameness - makes them more and more dog-like.
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http://hubpages.com/hub/10-Reasons-Why-Cats-Are-Better-Pets-Than-Dogs_
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I am certain Kizzy and Yaya understand modeling for pics.
We show them the pics and I'm certain they get it.
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http://therealowner.com/cats/10-reasons-why-cats-are-better-than-dogs/
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
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George K
Nov 12 2010, 10:11 AM
Yep. This program addresses that, and brings into question how smart dogs really are. No other animal understands "pointing", and no other animal looks at our faces to "read" us the way that dogs do. Also, dogs seem to be able to make the jump from the representation (picture) of an object to the real thing.

What I found particularly interesting is how it's impossible to domesticate a wolf, at least in its first generation; and how work with foxes - breeding them for tameness - makes them more and more dog-like.
Russia began a silver fox domestication process during WWII. Today they're a little more widespread.

I really want one.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_lLfEcROEU
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Actually, I love cats and dogs, both. But they really are very very different in how they interact with their humans.
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
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Love this one! :lol2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M32E9O7hgWE&feature=related
Edited by brenda, Nov 12 2010, 12:09 PM.
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Nov 12 2010, 11:59 AM
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^_^ all true. but cats are still the coolest creatures. they rule. :hat:
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:lol2:
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Why cats suck.
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:lol2: Simon's Cat is awesome... :)
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
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Frank_W
Nov 12 2010, 12:25 PM
:lol2:
You checked the last video? Loved that last dog scene. Oh my.
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John D'Oh
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My theory is that dog-lovers are people that need to be told how freaking great they are all the time, and also enjoy saliva.

Cat-lovers know they're freaking great without some dopey bastard wagging all over them.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Mikhailoh
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Cats taste just like chicken are great.

But dogs are the finest companion for a trek through the winter woods. Not to mention I have seen absolute proof they are capable of abstract thought. (I won't tell my old warhorse of a story on here again.. I'm sure you've all heard it more than once already)
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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George K
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Mikhailoh
Nov 12 2010, 03:37 PM
Cats taste just like chicken are great.

But dogs are the finest companion for a trek through the winter woods.
I took a two hour nap this afternoon. As I was dozing off on the couch, Oliver came up and looked at my face...

"Well, c'mon up..."

He jumped up onto the couch, and since I way lying on my side, he snuggled into that space in the back of my knee. He slept the entire time.

I figure that little interaction probably prolonged my life by about half an hour.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
- Klaus, 4/29/18
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John D'Oh
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I have a Vietnamese friend who told me that a dog he came across on the beach before he left the country prolonged his life for considerably longer than that.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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George K
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:sword:
A guide to GKSR: Click

"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
- Klaus, 4/29/18
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John: But only after he Wok'd it!
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George K
Nov 12 2010, 03:48 PM
:sword:
Actually, that picture is a pretty good representation of him.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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