livus@kbin.social to Digital Bioacoustics@lemmy.world · 9 months agoDog 'Language Geniuses' Are Rare but Apparently Realwww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up122file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansethology@mander.xyz
arrow-up122external-linkDog 'Language Geniuses' Are Rare but Apparently Realwww.scientificamerican.comlivus@kbin.social to Digital Bioacoustics@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansethology@mander.xyz
A subset of exceptional pooches can identify by name more than 100 different objects, mostly toys Via @fossilesque
minus-squarelivus@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months agoMust be both. I used to have a super smart cat and I regret not teaching her more positive things (as opposed to negatives like “do not put the sink plug in the plughole” after I caught her trying to fill up a sink from a leaking tap).
Must be both. I used to have a super smart cat and I regret not teaching her more positive things (as opposed to negatives like “do not put the sink plug in the plughole” after I caught her trying to fill up a sink from a leaking tap).