• starik@lemmy.today
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    2 hours ago

    No, I don’t mean that.

    1. Dogs can’t teach themselves everything.
    2. That’s not a dog.
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      57 minutes ago
      1. They don’t have to. Unless you think pushing a button in reach is a truly impossible feat to overcome.
      2. It’s close enough to a dog.
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        50 minutes ago

        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.

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          5 minutes ago

          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”.