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Tuesday, 2 November 2010


They direction a dog wags their tail shows how happy it is, scientists say

The direction a dog wags their tail shows how happy it is, scientists say

Scientists have discovered that the direction in which a dog wags its tail can reveal how friendly it is.

Animal psychologists from the University of Victoria in Canada got a life-sized robot of a black labrador with a mechanical tail and filmed 500 dogs approaching it. They discovered that when the robot pooch wagged its tail to the left hand side of its body, the real dogs were less wary than when it wagged it to the right. They believe this proves that wagging their tails to the left is a doggy sign of being friendly.

 





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  • Tomlfc (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 22 February 2010 @ 17:37

    I dident now that!

  • kayia (Age 10) wrote on Monday, 22 February 2010 @ 18:16

    very interesting article. ruqaiyah patel age 9

  • PostmanRat (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 @ 08:32

    I have 3 dogs and i wasent sure !!!!!!!!

  • PostmanRat (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 @ 08:33

    I have 3 dogs and i wasent sure !!!!!!!!

  • fairy (Age 10) wrote on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 @ 14:27

    I heard it was the oppisite for a cat!!! From Jess aged 8

  • Bob10 (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 @ 19:40

    It's amazing how they do these tests

  • Bob10 (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 @ 19:42

    i have had 1 dog and i have 1 now and it's prity amazing!!!!!

  • Ponies (Age 15) wrote on Thursday, 30 September 2010 @ 19:05

    My old doggy's tail used to spin like a propeller! That's pretty good!

  • redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Wednesday, 3 November 2010 @ 16:15

    Lol! I never knew that! Some interesting information!

  • Panda122 (Age 11) wrote on Wednesday, 3 November 2010 @ 19:12

    COOL

  • gusgus (Age 10) wrote on Wednesday, 10 November 2010 @ 07:52

    I'm not too shore

  • gusgus (Age 10) wrote on Wednesday, 10 November 2010 @ 07:55

    I never knew that

  • SuperSuze (Age 13) wrote on Thursday, 11 November 2010 @ 19:27

    I didn't know that!