• Mango@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    These scientists are stupid. It’s not a language. Barks are always just trying to provoke a reaction.

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      5 months ago

      Not the same as barking but wolf howls are complex and unique to species and pack. Atleast shows they may be something there.

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      5 months ago

      100% agree. I imagine most dogs just think their barks are magic and they just want to try it on everything.

      However dogs also make a lot more sounds that just barks. Woofs, whines, yips, groans, whimpers, harrumphs…

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        5 months ago

        My dog always harrumphs when I tell her to stop barking, there’s no one here.

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      5 months ago

      It’s almost like an emotional state. What is complex for dogs is smell, the way they read the local bulletins pissted by all the locals, their health, their fertility, what they have been eating, their emotional state. And then they can leave their own peemail for others to smell and get all the latest community news :)