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Dog Tail Wagging Code Finally Deciphered....

10/31/2013 4:33 PM

Yes after years of study and millions of dollars in grant money it has been determined that happy dogs wag their tails predominately to the right and when nervous predominately to the left.....This follows up on a study before it that found that dogs turn their heads to the left when looking at an aggressive dog and to the right when looking at a happy dog.....I think they should seek funding to determine if a dog prefers to stick it's tongue to the right or left when panting, what say you...??

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24746107

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10/31/2013 4:44 PM

And some dogs...

... (without tails) are just happy all the time.

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11/01/2013 6:50 AM

I agree, my tailless dog is almost always happy.

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11/02/2013 10:16 AM

That's definitely a way to reduce the 200,000 extras per day!

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10/31/2013 5:20 PM

HMMMMMMM? I wonder if I can get a grant to study the same thing in fishes????

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10/31/2013 5:40 PM

Probably has something to do with left and right sides of the brain.

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10/31/2013 6:03 PM

I had an old mixed breed something and cur hound. Didn't like anybody or anything. I figured she was just born unhappy..... best watch dog I ever owned. .... . . she would even growl at me if I didn't have a food bowl in my hand. Carried that tail high up on her back and never took it down.

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10/31/2013 6:46 PM

Is it too late for me to become a dog scientist?

I can do this!

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10/31/2013 6:57 PM

Well we do have a grant available for someone to determine the average number of times a dog licks his balls when engaging in this curious phenomena....

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10/31/2013 8:30 PM

We can make a contest out of it!

I do that too.

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10/31/2013 9:26 PM

Which ones--bowling, tennis, croquet?

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11/01/2013 6:57 AM

Malted milk balls.

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11/01/2013 1:05 PM

- never knew malted milk had balls - - -

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11/01/2013 4:55 PM

Kind of reminds me of the 'Schewetti Balls' skit on sat nite live where PBS type commentators made comments like "can I taste your balls"...." they have such a nice aroma"

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11/01/2013 4:58 PM

Yah, I considered posting that one anonymously lol

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10/31/2013 6:50 PM

How does it just so happen that aggressive dogs are on the left and happy dogs on the right?

This one gets a William Proxmire Golden Fleece Award.

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11/01/2013 4:20 AM

Do you know if a similar research was made for cats ?

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11/01/2013 9:38 AM

Our cat researcher....

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11/01/2013 5:32 AM

...or for Humans. We look left or right depending on whether we're thinking of true details or are making up imaginary stories. Much body language is interpreted via left/right physical orientations.

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11/01/2013 10:57 AM

Ignobel awards aside ... so did the left/right thing extend to those south of the Equator? If there are some spare R&D dollars flowing around, the study is surely not complete without a comparison with the southern hemisphere doggy residents.

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11/01/2013 1:02 PM

Here in Canada we are still studying Geese.

We have in fact recently discovered the reason why flying in formation that one string of geese in formation is longer than the other.

It turns out that there are more geese in it.

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11/01/2013 6:33 PM

Canada shmadada...here in the US, we spend tax dollars on treadmills for shrimp.

Take that Mr.!

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