Barking dogs have their day
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If you think barking dogs are annoying ... if you think all that yapping is simply to make noise ... think again. Discovery News reports that dogs know the difference.
The study presents the first concrete evidence that dogs can perceive the difference between barks arising from different situations. While dog barking is hardly on par with human language in its complexity, experts now think it’s clear that dogs are conveying their feelings to humans and other dogs.
So perhaps Lassie really was trying to tell us that Timmy was trapped in a mine shaft, after all.
--Alice Short