Enjoying this, decades after first encountering de Waal via his excellent book on bonobos. The focus is still on primates, but he switches to birds, cetaceans, dogs, cephalopods, rats, etc. as appropriate

#books #CognitiveScience #zoology #AnimalBehavior #FransDeWaal #primatology

A deadpan De Waal on independent-mindedness in dogs and cats

#dogs #cats #ethology #reading #AnimalBehavior #research

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Cats don’t have owners.

@OneInterestingFact Yes, it's more of a strategic alliance on their part