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minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoYou mean dogs can’t be taught things?
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoNo, I don’t mean that. Dogs can’t teach themselves everything. That’s not a dog.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days ago They don’t have to. Unless you think pushing a button in reach is a truly impossible feat to overcome. It’s close enough to a dog.
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoIs that what the story claimed? That a coyote just pushed a button? Coyotes are not as trainable as dogs because they didn’t evolve alongside humans for thousands of years.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoI dunno. When did the first humans arrive in North America? You’re talking like we don’t have examples of other animals learning about/from humans in significantly less time than “thousands of years”.
You mean dogs can’t be taught things?
No, I don’t mean that.
Is that what the story claimed? That a coyote just pushed a button?
Coyotes are not as trainable as dogs because they didn’t evolve alongside humans for thousands of years.
I dunno. When did the first humans arrive in North America? You’re talking like we don’t have examples of other animals learning about/from humans in significantly less time than “thousands of years”.