Dog Spots the Dog: Dogs Recognize the Dog Species

[ArkRescue]

"Feb. 14, 2013 — Dogs pick out faces of other dogs, irrespective of breeds, among human and other domestic and wild animal faces and can group them into a category of their own. They do that using visual cues alone, according to new research by Dr. Dominique Autier-Dérian from the LEEC and National Veterinary School in Lyon in France and colleagues."

Dog spots the dog: Dogs recognize the dog species among several other species on a computer screen

 

[CrashTest]

I think cats are the same. A while back I had foster kittens in my house. Even though the kittens were the same size as a squirrel, my adult cat didn't mess with them. If I had a squirrel in the house, it wouldn't have lasted more than 5 minutes.

 

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