tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post5305113821415695357..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: LinksSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-797462875534950022011-03-10T09:51:16.912-08:002011-03-10T09:51:16.912-08:00Great Nat Geo article--I was SO PLEASED that no Co...Great Nat Geo article--I was SO PLEASED that no Coppingeresque influence regarding dogs was even mentioned--perhaps we are beyond that enormous divergence of inaccuracies at long last--I mean, Nat Geo IS the voice of the people, right?;)....I DO beg to differ about the increasingly parroted notion that our domestic dogs "read" us humans better than even chimpanzees--this notion is based solely on very limited, narrow laboratory experiments, where a domestic dog is going to have all manner of advantages over some wretched, captive chimp!(Or any other wild animal) Having lived for months once-upon-a-time with human-habituated wild chimps and baboons, I can assure everyone, those guys can read you like a book, in ways that will put any dog to shame(good as dogs are at it, and love them as I do!)...L.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com