Tag Archives: dogs
BIG DOGS, SMALL DOGS
April 2007 The range in size seen in dogs is quite extraordinary. This report in Science (subscription needed to get past Abstract) descibes the genetic basis of this variation. You can read a BBC summary here.
Filed under Mammals
DOES THE WAY A DOG WAGS ITS TAIL MEAN SOMETHING?
March 2007 Article from Current Biology, reporting a correlation between amplitude of tail wagging and the nature of a visual stimulus (high amplitude – owner, medium – unknown human, and very low -cat). Intriguingly, this effect was always seen on the right hand … Continue reading