Dog Growls Have Deeper Meaning

Dogs can distinguish between different types of growls, say researchers who recorded dogs growling while playing, in fear of a stranger, and guarding food. Jorge Ribas reports on the study.

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[wintermoons1215]

of course they do! it's they're own language! it would be like us knowing the difference between someone saying ' back the f up' and 'that's my food' in our native language. dogs language is just like us trying to understand those same things said in another language. another chunk of money wasted on an obvious study.

[wolfoflegend1]

My analysis:

The first dog was smart and knew it was a recording.

The second dog really didn't give a fuck.

and the third dog was jumpy.

[demonic4ce]

@wolfoflegend1 Yeah the third dog was jumpy, you could tell by his approach that he was skeptical and alert, any noise would have made him jump

[MrDiscokiss1]

Would be more convincing if done with the same dog..

[SteakOfAnger]

Oh, cool. Situations 1, 2, and 2.

[12TabulaRasa12]

whenever my dog growls, i usually take it as "back off" i didn't know it was more than that at times...

[iamcondescending]

makes sense, I mean, they're social animals and need to comunicate somehow. It's the same reason humans evolved spoken and writen language: to comunicate ideas. Their language might not be as complex as ours but it's a language none-the-less.

[FuckinGumba]

@wolfoflegend1 haha made me day, now i'ma go jerk off

[RIZWANshaikh91]

@stepcrys  becuz first growl said lets play ! if u jump back if i say lets play , u gotta be dumb !! dumb ppl should be banned from youtube ! :)

[DarkstyleProductions]

@chiaromontestephen

AMEN to THAT Brother!!!