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Happy ‘Love Your Pet Day’! Show your love by blinking

Do you ever find yourself intentionally blinking when you notice other people blinking? It’s as if we all have something stuck in our eyes at the same time. A new study published in Royal Society Open Science found that dogs appear to have the same reaction when seeing other dogs blink, which suggests that blinking may be a form of non-verbal canine communication. They also observed increased blinking in response […]

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It’s all about the butt microbiome

While the gut microbiome has been gaining a lot of attention for its potential role in health and disease, it appears that the butt microbiome is important in feline communication. How many times have you seen cats sniffing each other? Brave researchers at the University of California at Davis explored this hidden side of cat communication and published their findings in Scientific Reports. The researchers identified both the bacterial species […]

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