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My dog moves when my two-year old does and is generally still otherwise. But I attribute this to my dog's survival instinct rather than an emotional bonding.
by phonebucket 6y ago
My dog moves when my two-year old does and is generally still otherwise. But I attribute this to my dog's survival instinct rather than an emotional bonding.
- INTPenis 6y agoYes exactly, also small children tend to leak food.
- elliekelly 6y agoA few years ago I was in the Galapagos and met a German evolutionary biologist who pointed out some fur seals sleeping on the beach. It was a hot day but they were arranged in a neat line to sleep so they were touching. He explained it was a group evolutionary advantage - if one of them wakes up because of a predator attack, for example, they’d all be woken up and hopefully most of them would manage to get away. I specifically remember him mentioning that dogs and puppies still have a slight preference for sleeping the same way. I haven’t for the life of me been able to remember the word (or phrase?) he used to describe the behavior and every so often I Google in vain for more information. I can’t even recall whether the term he used was in english or german. Perhaps someone here can point me in the right direction?
- nappy-doo 6y agoI can't help you with the term you're looking for, but as far as seals are concerned, they're genetically very close to dogs. I'd expect similar behaviors.
- lostlogin 6y agoA friend who works in a conservation role was telling me about the time he took a seal to the beach to get it off the road in a small town. The window was open, and like a dog it was happiest with its nose in the breeze.
- munificent 6y agoThe mental image of cruising down a rural road, windows down, with a seal leaning out and enjoying the breeze is truly delightful.
- IncRnd 6y agoThe posture for a sleeping fur seal in water is called a jug handle. When seals are awake on the beach, they often lay in a banana pose, where they hold up their heads and tails out of the water.
- noodlenotes 6y agoJughandle is also apparently a type of ramp common in New Jersey where drivers who want to turn left have to take a ramp on the right. TIL. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jughandle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jughandle
- bobo_legos 6y agoEvery Pennsylvanian who lives by the New Jersey border knows about jughandles and how absolutely ridiculous these things are. We also know about the idiocy that is the New Jersey traffic circle. Do not get these abominations confused with the modern roundabouts because they're nothing alike. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traffic_circles_in_New_Jersey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traffic_circles_in_New...
- sweetheart 6y agoIs this not a universal thing!?
- _fs 6y agoNothing gets my dog moving like when the three year old grabs the food scoop and heads to the garage.
- InitialLastName 6y agoEmotional bonding can be a survival instinct. If your dog has built a psychology (for lack of a better word) that leads it to mirror your family's behavior in appropriate ways, you're probably more likely to keep it (on the margins).