• 3 months ago
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00:00Dogs have found their way into every corner of our lives.
00:05He is very loving.
00:07They're our companions, our saviors.
00:10And yet, we're only beginning to understand how their brains actually work.
00:15I like to use the phrase, dogs smell and color.
00:18Dogs have nose prints in the same way that we have fingerprints.
00:21Dogs are both prey and predator.
00:24Every dog breed is just another version of a wolf.
00:29So how did dogs and humans become so intertwined?
00:33Instead of being afraid of humans, a population of wolves,
00:37they actually became attracted to all the yummy garbage that the humans were creating.
00:41Survival of the friendliest is really the most successful evolutionary strategy that has been identified.
00:50Dogs have 16 different facial expressions.
00:53Dogs are constantly communicating with us.
00:56Stick, I love you.
01:00They can smell our mood, adrenaline.
01:03They can even smell our stress.
01:05What people view as a great dog today is what service dogs have been raised and trained to be for a century.
01:13We can all get closer to our dogs if we know their secrets.
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