• Solumbran@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    “We once again refused to believe that humans aren’t the center of the universe, and were wrong. We’ll now ignore it and continue believing that we’re the only precious lifeform in the world.”

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    3 days ago

    That was actually a more interesting article than my gut feeling of “well, yeah, they can understand commands”.

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    3 days ago

    Damnit, I’m gonna have to rename A-a-Ron because now I know he’s not getting the joke every time he’s naughty

  • yenahmik@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I’ve always heard you should name a dog with words containing hard consonants, because they can differentiate them better than vowels and soft consonants. I wonder how that plays into the results of this study (and if what I’ve heard has a scientific basis to back it up).