the dogs looked to humans for help....they even called 911.
It seems to me equally likely that the slower thinking wolves decided to take welfare handouts from humans rather than compete with the smarter wolves.
Chicken, Egg? Which came first?
Same phenomenon applies to leftists.
working dogs hunters etc. still have those smarts the house dogs probably fit this description. the article doesn’t differentiate from the various breeds so is a pile of crap. Brittany spaniels climb fences, etc. jack russel terriers still create terror.
Is technology making people stupid? Some math professor complained that when he asks his class what the logarithm of 100 is everyone whips out their calculators.
Duh! Wolves make lousy pets because of their instincts/wiles for hunting for survival. Hard to breed a tame version and leave all the original instincts. That said, if a dog was left to fend for itself, it might be able to “reclaim” some of the skill sets/wiles necessary.
Domesticated dogs might not have the same survival instinct as wolves but that doesn’t mean they are less smart.
I love my pup, I’m glad he has to depend on me for the support he needs. Man’s best friend.
Dog owners like their pets subservient, loving, and dependent just like the socialist democrat party like their humans.
These are bad studies, poorly designed and based on faulty assumptions. But they get funded so researchers do them over and over again.
The problem is assuming that dogs and wolves will have the same motivations. They don’t. Dogs solve these kind of puzzles just fine. The difference is that, dogs recognize human property and by instinct recognize human authority ergo they will hesitate or refuse to breech that barrier.
To be properly designed, you’d have to find a population of dogs used to eating something they routinely get for themselves (example mice or rats). Then design a puzzle that’s made out of natural materials and that doesn’t have human scent on it. Then you’d have something to compare.
My Rott can open home doors and car doors and car windows
He can climb a small ladder or a 5 foot horse fence
He can jump up and into the open window of a normal unlifted pickup
He knows friend from foe immediately
He can corral my horses
He understands a fair amount of English
He swims
He knows to guard a baby from any who doesn’t bear a scent similar to said baby....he knows who has shared DNA
He tolerates cats
He growls instinctively at black thugs and white drunks unfamiliar to him
He almost always loves girls instinctively and shamelessly if you know how nosey uncut males are ..nless they exude panic fear which in his mind translates that they don’t fly right
He is totally housebroken and never ever poops in sight instead going to the back pasture
And wolves are smarter.....
???
I say bullshite on that
Wishful thinking by dirt people and mongrel lovers who hate domestic pure breds