08 August 2009

Science toddles on...

There aren't enough experiments that involve comparing human young with other animals.

Discovery News: Dogs Read Gestures Like Toddlers

Best line comes at the end: "[The researcher] does warn against simply thinking of dogs as furry versions of a two-year-old, given that no toddler could ever herd a flock of sheep as well as a dog."

You hear that, human toddlers? Just sit your diaper-clad asses down, you ain't even in the running on this one.

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