Monday, November 26, 2007

Dogs show human-like learning ability - 26 April 2007 - New Scientist

A well-trained border collie shows 40 other dogs how to pull a lever for food, using her paw. Interestingly, the other dogs demonstrated selective imitation, depending on whether the collie had a toy ball in her mouth or not: With the ball, the dogs seemed to understand "why" the collie used her paw instead of her mouth.

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