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City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets (www.scientificamerican.com)

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've felt that dogs have taken the same path. Notice how expressive their facial muscles are? Wolves don't have nearly so many facial muscles. Wild to learn about isn't it?!

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wolves also do not understand pointing, most other human gestures and they can not read human emotions through our faces. Dogs can understand all that. Humans and dogs have co-evolved for such a long time that our species now have a deep instinctual understanding of each other.

[–] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

My dogs definitely do not understand pointing! No arguing, they just don't get it, though they could be trained to I'm sure.