You can snuggle wolf pups all you want, they still won't 'get' you quite like your dog

(Duke University) You know your dog gets your gist when you point and say " go find the ball " and he scampers right to it. This knack for understanding human gestures may seem unremarkable, but it's a complex cognitive ability that is rare in the animal kingdom. Duke University-led research comparing dog puppies to human-reared wolf pups offers some clues to how dogs' unusual people-reading skills came to be.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news