Re: 7 Words That Dogs Can Understand (And 4 That No Dog Can)

Le 11/03/2025 à 00:03, Paul Wolff a écrit :

On Thu, 6 Mar 2025, at 06:46:28, Hibou posted:

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What's really astonishing is that we do have the apparatus. Humans are extraordinary beings, the product of long and tortuous evolution that may have few parallels in in the Universe. I find this a sobering thought.

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When we talk of the numbers of /anything/ in the universe, I start by counting the number of galaxies we have seen, and start multiplying from there.
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But as for dogs, and being a chemist by education, I was very impressed by Six-Thirty. Over a thousand English words, we were told. And he was said to have been based on a real one. (Lessons in Chemistry, q.v.)

 Chaser, presumably:
 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaser_(dog)>
 <https://www.chaserthebc.com/>
 Is there a reliable source for a dog knowing more than a thousand words? Google seems to find only gushing, uncritical enthusiasm - 'I met the world's smartest dog' etc. (a sobriquet redolent of promotional puff).