Dr. Karolina Westlund
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The covering of waste is a way to sort of reduce the risk of infection. I would assume that they also don't eliminate close to where they eat. So if we have a cat in our house, we shouldn't have the litter box next to the food, which I wish I had known where I had my first cat 20 years ago, because she had that very set up with the food right next to the litter box.
And I would also assume that the behavior of dogs when they sort of kick at their poop typically, right, not pee, that it's a way of spreading scent. Because if it were covering scent, the behavior would look very different, I think. But I haven't seen any sort of any scientific study on that topic.
And I would also assume that the behavior of dogs when they sort of kick at their poop typically, right, not pee, that it's a way of spreading scent. Because if it were covering scent, the behavior would look very different, I think. But I haven't seen any sort of any scientific study on that topic.
And I would also assume that the behavior of dogs when they sort of kick at their poop typically, right, not pee, that it's a way of spreading scent. Because if it were covering scent, the behavior would look very different, I think. But I haven't seen any sort of any scientific study on that topic.
And he's also reading the pee mail from the other dogs in the neighborhood. So the urine tells a lot of information to the other animals. It tells what gender, what reproductive state, perhaps also something about the animal's emotional state or mental state. I wouldn't hesitate to say that that was one of the joys of life for dogs.
And he's also reading the pee mail from the other dogs in the neighborhood. So the urine tells a lot of information to the other animals. It tells what gender, what reproductive state, perhaps also something about the animal's emotional state or mental state. I wouldn't hesitate to say that that was one of the joys of life for dogs.
And he's also reading the pee mail from the other dogs in the neighborhood. So the urine tells a lot of information to the other animals. It tells what gender, what reproductive state, perhaps also something about the animal's emotional state or mental state. I wouldn't hesitate to say that that was one of the joys of life for dogs.
After all, that's how they communicate, and they spend a lot of time doing it, and they're willing to work to get access to that opportunity. So absolutely, I would think that it gives them positive emotional experiences doing that.
After all, that's how they communicate, and they spend a lot of time doing it, and they're willing to work to get access to that opportunity. So absolutely, I would think that it gives them positive emotional experiences doing that.
After all, that's how they communicate, and they spend a lot of time doing it, and they're willing to work to get access to that opportunity. So absolutely, I would think that it gives them positive emotional experiences doing that.
Don't really know the answer to that question. But it seems that they domesticated themselves, that it was sort of wolves that started hanging out next to human habitation and that it was sort of the least fearful and the sort of most explorative wolves that dared do this. So it wasn't that we... caught wolves and said, aha, I'm going to breed you now.
Don't really know the answer to that question. But it seems that they domesticated themselves, that it was sort of wolves that started hanging out next to human habitation and that it was sort of the least fearful and the sort of most explorative wolves that dared do this. So it wasn't that we... caught wolves and said, aha, I'm going to breed you now.
Don't really know the answer to that question. But it seems that they domesticated themselves, that it was sort of wolves that started hanging out next to human habitation and that it was sort of the least fearful and the sort of most explorative wolves that dared do this. So it wasn't that we... caught wolves and said, aha, I'm going to breed you now.
But it was rather that it was like a symbiotic relationship that developed over time.
But it was rather that it was like a symbiotic relationship that developed over time.
But it was rather that it was like a symbiotic relationship that developed over time.
When we talk about zoos, it's perhaps good to talk about the evolution of zoos because back in the day, like 150 years ago, it used to be more or less a menagerie. Here's a lion and here's an elephant and here's a zebra and they were in little small cages and the only thing that you did was see the animal, really. Zoos today tend to have the purpose of doing a lot of conservation work.
When we talk about zoos, it's perhaps good to talk about the evolution of zoos because back in the day, like 150 years ago, it used to be more or less a menagerie. Here's a lion and here's an elephant and here's a zebra and they were in little small cages and the only thing that you did was see the animal, really. Zoos today tend to have the purpose of doing a lot of conservation work.
When we talk about zoos, it's perhaps good to talk about the evolution of zoos because back in the day, like 150 years ago, it used to be more or less a menagerie. Here's a lion and here's an elephant and here's a zebra and they were in little small cages and the only thing that you did was see the animal, really. Zoos today tend to have the purpose of doing a lot of conservation work.
So there's what's referred to as in-situ conservation, where you work to preserve wild habitat and creating national parks, et cetera, and sort of giving the opportunities for reintroduction of species and so on. And there's ex-situ conservation, which is then housing those species animal species that are threatened with extinction in an environment.