Unbelievable scientific facts about dogs
Dogs have unbelievable capabilities that often surprise us. No wonder dogs have become man's best friend with tales of strong relationships with dogs that date back centuries. Some scientific facts about dogs that are very hard to believe:
Similar to humans, dogs can also tell the difference between different human languages.
1. Body awareness:
This is the basic ability to distinguish itself from its environment. As basic as it sounds, human babies develop this at the age of around 5 months old. In most animals, awareness of our own bodies is not known. Body awareness is the most basic form of self-representation or self-awareness.
A simple form of body awareness test is the mirror test of being able to identify themselves in a mirror, and being able to distinguish an obstacle in the environment. Dogs are intelligent creatures that move in a complex environment, and body awareness is important for them when recognizing various obstacles. They know where their paws end and the world begins.
2. Linguistic capabilities
This one’s baffling to think. Similar to humans, dogs can also tell the difference between different human languages. In my own experience, I have seen dogs being trained in some of the local languages and not being able to translate the same command into another language, say English. What this really means is they have an understanding of the words we speak. They know what is ‘Sit’ vs ‘Fetch’. The beauty of this is they don't need to be trained to understand the difference between human languages, their brains automatically detect the difference. What this suggests, they are just like humans.
If you travel with your dog to a different part of the world where they don't speak your native language, chances are you and your dog both have the linguistic ability to pick up a new language.
3. Puppy eyes
The signature puppy dog eyes which make every pet owner’s heart melt may have evolved over time for dogs, possibly as a result of domestication. Recent research supports that dogs may be evolved into mimicking humans to do their signature eyebrows-raised look of sadness, that they use to get away with any degree of crime!
When comparing dogs and wolves, researchers have found that the specific muscle is present in modern-day dogs and is surprisingly absent from their wild counterparts. The anatomical differences can also be seen in breeds closer to wolves such as Siberian Huskies, which tend to lack the eyebrow muscle than other dog breeds. As peculiar as it sounds, this suggests that the domestication of dogs has encouraged them to evolve to a more analogous facial anatomy to humans.
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