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2021-06-07 Science & Technology

Study: Puppies are 'biologically prepared' to get along with humans

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Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-07 00:58|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Evolutionary domestication can of course be unlearned or chemically altered. Fulton County Georgia might be offered as an example.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-07 01:06|| 2021-06-07 01:06|| Front Page Top

Posted by Dron66046 2021-06-07 02:59|| 2021-06-07 02:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Evolutionary domestication: Bovine movie screen, gain-of-function.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-07 10:14|| 2021-06-07 10:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Next, a study on them big puppy eyes.

Posted by ed in texas 2021-06-07 11:14|| 2021-06-07 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5
Dogs, yeah, they love us and we them...

....Most of the time.

Posted by Lemuel Dribble2667 2021-06-07 11:19|| 2021-06-07 11:19|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ I'm guessing that guy wasn't nice to the doggie.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-06-07 12:59|| 2021-06-07 12:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Even baby snakes are somewhat cute and I hate snakes. We are genetically pre-disposed to feel warm fuzzies over the extra large eyes human babies have and the feeling overflows a bit onto other baby animals.

Posted by rjschwarz 2021-06-07 18:13|| 2021-06-07 18:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Apparently people get a dose of oxytocin when they interact with a dog -- but not when they interact with even a tame wolf. People who liked dogs left more offspring than those who didn't.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-06-07 20:08|| 2021-06-07 20:08|| Front Page Top

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