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Dr Adequate
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06-17-2019 7:51 PM



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Message 2 of 12 (855266)
06-18-2019 7:02 AM
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06-17-2019 7:51 PM


More likely it was just a trait in some dogs and those dogs got selected, which is the way most breeds got developed in the past. It might have been very slight at first, but would have strengthened over generations as that trait was repeatedly selected, as Darwin's chesty pigeons got chestier over generations. If you want to call that evolution, OK, but it's not the same thing as saying the dogs developed the trait in response to human attraction to it.
Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

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Message 3 of 12 (855269)
06-18-2019 7:48 AM
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06-18-2019 7:02 AM


... OK, but it's not the same thing as saying the dogs developed the trait in response to human attraction to it.
Except that you did just say that.
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Dr Adequate
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06-18-2019 8:04 PM
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06-18-2019 7:02 AM


Well, it isn't present in wolves.
You don't need to explain to me how variation and selection works. I know.

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Message 5 of 12 (855368)
06-18-2019 8:43 PM
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The context was the dogs doing it on purpose to "bamboozle" people who get the "Aw" thing going when they see it. Of course they developed it genetically. in response to human selection of that trait..

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Message 6 of 12 (855369)
06-18-2019 8:45 PM
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06-18-2019 8:04 PM


So which is it, the dogs are cleverly manipulating us or it's just a genetic variation?
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Message 7 of 12 (855375)
06-18-2019 9:52 PM
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Both.

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Message 8 of 12 (855384)
06-19-2019 3:14 AM
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Faith writes:
So which is it, the dogs are cleverly manipulating us or it's just a genetic variation?
randomly occurring mutation + plus selection = genetic change
You need both. It ain't hard to understand.

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Message 9 of 12 (855388)
06-19-2019 6:10 AM


Manipulation? Dog doesn't know nor care what it looks like. Can't even recognize itself in a mirror.
This is the dog's "I love you" look. If you don't get that look from your dog then it's not your dog. No manipulation. Just expression.
As for the genetics, turns out if you say "I love you" to a human often enough they'll return the feeling and feed you and breed you.

Eschew obfuscation. Habituate elucidation.

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Message 10 of 12 (855399)
06-19-2019 9:36 AM
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06-19-2019 6:10 AM


This is the dog's "I love you" look. If you don't get that look from your dog then it's not your dog. No manipulation. Just expression.
It's not an "I love you" look. Our dog does it to anyone with food.

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Message 11 of 12 (855409)
06-19-2019 11:54 AM


I saw a documentary once about people's relationship with dogs. Apparently there's a village in Africa where the people don't even like dogs; they don't feed them, they don't talk to them, they don't give them names, etc. But the dogs still come into the village, clean up scraps, bark when lions threaten the cattle, etc. They do what dogs do without any regard to how they are treated by humans.

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Message 12 of 12 (855491)
06-20-2019 4:13 AM
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06-19-2019 9:36 AM


It's not an "I love you" look. Our dog does it to anyone with food.
Of course. Your dog loves food.

Eschew obfuscation. Habituate elucidation.

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