Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Thu, 8 Dec 2011 17:00:00 PST Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101229/04102912449/dailydirt-animals-are-getting-smarter.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101229/04102912449/dailydirt-animals-are-getting-smarter.shtml

Chimps are the only other species, besides humans, that regularly throws things. It's presumably a pre-cursor to speech and communication. Chimps in captivity even throw things without any training, as the researchers say, "I've never in my life seen a chimp be given a banana for throwing shit at someone." [url]

Until someone actually invents a dog collar that can translate dog barks into English, we'll have to study dog behavior and guess at how dogs think. Animal behaviorist John Bradshaw discusses his behavior guidebook for dogs and tips for training dogs. [url]

Researchers have observed ravens in the wild using pointing gestures. "It's over there!" quoth the Raven. [url]

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