Exactly.

Are you kidding? Again, now, while it's true that dogs have smaller brains than wolves (about 1/3), dogs also have to attend to human attentions. That is, they have to constantly figure out what people want/expect. That's no small task and dogs are better at this than wolves. The point, ladies and g...

No, no, that was a mistake on my part it seems. I thought this was the place to introduce myself and just say hello. I am not and an admin.

Thank you. It's NICE to be here. Still just sniffing around the boards. Very nice avatar by the way.

Awesome. Thanks for the post.

[quote="pawnee"]Wolves show scientists are barking up the wrong tree Filed under Research, Environment, Sciences on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 The problem with this kind of study is that stray dogs, like feral ones, may have learned to avoid humans and any "cues" they may give. It'd be like compari...

Scientists, at least cognitive scientists don't really refer to animals as being "smarter" or "less smart" anymore generally. Rather, we prefer to describe species that have different cognitive skill sets. So, for example with wolves, yes, in amy ways canis lupus is more encephalized and can learn f...

Thanks for the welcomes I got. Now I will look around at these boards.

Hi all,

I'm new and glad to be here and look forward to hearing good news regarding the further development of this great game.

Regards