Sunday, November 24, 2002

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Wolves and dogs and cats. understand us--even better than our cousin chimpanzees. Well, at least when food's involved. As to how wolves became dogs, the current understanding seems to be they tamed themselves--in a Survival of the Friendliest. Here's more on animal linguistics. As for cats, well, Stephen Budiansky in The Character of Cats suggests they aren't even really tame. Hence, unlike dogs, cats haven't bothered to pick up our language--they've taught us talk instead. Take the test and see. A woof out to Australian Broadcast Coporation's five part Animal Attraction series is called for here. C--Miao baby! [MetaFilter] 8:50:47 PM

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Charles De Gaulle. "How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?" [Quotes of the Day] 8:49:08 PM