Forkie
Sir, to you.
Just thought I'd bring this to the attention of those who didn't have the fortune of watching it when it aired in the UK a few weeks ago. The BBC's "Horizons" has been going for many years and concentrates on scientific topics ranging from black holes to ageing to economics and they did this wonderful episode about the domestic dog.
A particularly interesting part of this episode was the experiment in Siberia with Silver Foxes exploring how dogs are so "in tune" with humans and are so tame.
Watch this one from about 7:35:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYV9rbERLC4
And then the rest of the experiment in part 5 of the episode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4efKgf33KFw
It's truly fascinating to see how the tamest ones are selected to breed and then how the fox is affected physically after many generations.
However, I would highly recommend watching the whole show (about 1 hour), it's in 6 parts and can be found in the recommended videos box on the right of the screen.
There's a truly amazing Border Collie in it who has learned to recognise 2D picture representations of her toys and collect them from a separate room. It also talks extensively about dog intelligence in general.
A particularly interesting part of this episode was the experiment in Siberia with Silver Foxes exploring how dogs are so "in tune" with humans and are so tame.
Watch this one from about 7:35:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYV9rbERLC4
And then the rest of the experiment in part 5 of the episode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4efKgf33KFw
It's truly fascinating to see how the tamest ones are selected to breed and then how the fox is affected physically after many generations.
However, I would highly recommend watching the whole show (about 1 hour), it's in 6 parts and can be found in the recommended videos box on the right of the screen.
There's a truly amazing Border Collie in it who has learned to recognise 2D picture representations of her toys and collect them from a separate room. It also talks extensively about dog intelligence in general.
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