Dogs catch the yawns from people

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Your pooch isn't just tired, he's empathizing, study suggests

LONDON - Dogs find human yawns contagious, suggesting they have a rudimentary capacity for empathy, British scientists said on Wednesday.

Although yawning is widespread in many animals, contagious yawning — a yawn triggered by seeing others yawning — has previously only been shown to occur in humans and chimpanzees.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26045097/

 

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Your pooch isn't just tired, he's empathizing, study suggests

LONDON - Dogs find human yawns contagious, suggesting they have a rudimentary capacity for empathy, British scientists said on Wednesday.

Although yawning is widespread in many animals, contagious yawning — a yawn triggered by seeing others yawning — has previously only been shown to occur in humans and chimpanzees.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26045097/

LOL! I'm running home to see if I can make my dogs yawn!

 

[megsmom]

And I always thought my dog was just bored of me.