Dogs shown to vote by sneezing
A new observational study shows that dogs communicate a democracy by coordinated sneezing. This is a breakthrough in understanding how dogs hunt in packs and how communication between wild dogs take place. The group of dogs here are wild African dogs not domesticated dogs and we know dogs are pack animals.
At first Walker and her colleagues aimed to understand how dogs in Botswana mark their territories, but the researchers were intrigued by an odd habit of their study subjects. “We all started questioning, ‘Why are these dogs sneezing so much?’” Walker says.
Like humans, a wild dogs sneeze with a short, sharp burst of air from the nose. Sometimes dogs sneeze at rest. But most sneezes occur during the pre-hunting ritual known as a rally.
In a slightly related topic, humans also yawn contagiously but it was shown to not be due to empathy.
I don't aware on that behavior of dog
I did not know that! My brother's mini-schnauzer sneezes when she's ready to rough-house. I adore it, and her.
Thanks for sharing this little known fact, @dana-edwards!
See ya next time,
Mo
I thought I know a lot about dogs, but this is completely new to me. Thanks
nice post
Very helpful...
We tend to think that animals are not inteligent, but many times they are more smart than humans. We should not undervalue them.
Great article, Thank you for sharing with us.
i like the dog.....................
I knew it!
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Nice article ..I was not aware of it earlier..thanks for sharing..
My dog sneezes alot..