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Looking for Personality in Animals, of All People
NY Times ^
| March 1, 2005
| CARL ZIMMER
Posted on 03/01/2005 6:01:16 PM PST by neverdem
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To: Junior
I agree. Thanks for the ping.
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posted on
03/01/2005 7:22:06 PM PST
by
b_sharp
(Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the bible.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
From 2001:
Cats, dogs, hyenas, and other animals have personality traits in much the same way humans do, according to Samuel D. Gosling, a University of Texas at Austin psychologist who is working toward developing a new gravy train field in animal personality.
To: PatrickHenry
To: neverdem
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posted on
03/01/2005 7:47:03 PM PST
by
evilC
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To: PatrickHenry
They are studying a European relative of chickadees called the great tit (Parus major). "Ah, my little chickadee, I see you have a prodigious pair of Parus majors."
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posted on
03/01/2005 8:15:18 PM PST
by
Max in Utah
(By their works you shall know them.)
To: monkey
Wonder if Endemol productions underwrites any of these studies ... or merely donates in sponsored TV "reality show" time all manner of fodder for thought.
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posted on
03/01/2005 8:15:48 PM PST
by
Askel5
(† Cooperatio voluntaria ad suicidium est legi morali contraria. †)
To: AntiGuv
Correction: I think the animal rights movement has admirable principles in the abstract, but frequently seems inane insane in practice.
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03/02/2005 5:38:53 AM PST
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stremba
To: AntiGuv
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posted on
03/02/2005 7:48:50 AM PST
by
furball4paws
(Ho, Ho, Beri, Beri and Balls!)
To: neverdem
That's the Eysenk model for personality, one which is derived directly from features identified by evolutionary psychologists as being crucial towards group survival.
The main problem with this particular study is that we don't know if the personality traits identified in these kinds of birds are either homologous or analogous to those in humans, so how much they can say about us or other species is up in the air.
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posted on
03/02/2005 8:06:16 AM PST
by
RightWingAtheist
(Creationism is not conservative!)
To: neverdem
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posted on
03/02/2005 8:36:02 AM PST
by
technochick99
(Self defense is a basic human right ; Sig Sauer is my equalizer)
To: AntiGuv
Speaking of which, I think the animal rights movement has admirable principles in the abstract, but frequently seems inane in practice.Ugh. Not me. They have serious goals which are not in sync with our standards of liberty. I am 100% in approval of the animal welfare people though. But there's a serious intermingling of the two. I've worked with several dog rescues, and the rightists are just plain goofy.
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03/02/2005 8:38:40 AM PST
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technochick99
(Self defense is a basic human right ; Sig Sauer is my equalizer)
To: neverdem
To: neverdem
I'll have to check with la gata on this one.
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