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Post by heregoes on Feb 12, 2013 7:57:56 GMT -6
Domestic dogs are much more likely to steal food when they think nobody can see them, suggesting for the first time that dogs are capable of understanding a human's point of view. Many dog owners think their pets are clever or that they understand humans but, until now, this has not been tested by science. Dr Juliane Kaminski, of the University of Portsmouth's Department of Psychology, has shown that when a human forbids a dog from taking food, dogs are four times more likely to disobey in a dark room than a lit room, suggesting they take into account what the human can or cannot see. Dr Kaminski said: "That's incredible because it implies dogs understand the human can't see them, meaning they might understand the human perspective." here
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