Posted on 02/18/2006 2:42:48 PM PST by T-Bird45
Unfortunately for Atlas (and fortunately for the squirrels), the rodents can vary their speed in a nanosecond; frequently, they will slam on the brakes, and Atlas will overshoot. Good planning, but poor execution when it comes to adapting to rapidly changing circumstances. A Weimaraner chasing a squirrel looks like a Mercedes S-Class trying to run down a skilled skateboarder: it ain't gonna happen. Atlas is zero-for-several hundred with respect to squirrels. Plenty of speed (he has dispatched a couple of rabbits, whose lack of tree-climbing ability proved fatal), but a bit lacking in mobility.
Wow, who would of thought that a dog having the ability to fetch something using the least amount of effort would be news worthy.
"I'll bet flying birds use thermals with a precision similar to mathematical models showing how to best soar through the air"
It has been proved that birds that migrate south for winter, always wait for northern cold fronts to ride the jet stream south.
Time of year, and even food supply, is less of a factor to when they leave, than the jet stream.
Wow, the same principle that explains refraction.
That old picture is really a fake. Dogs can't play poker. They just can't keep from wagging their tails when they have a killer hand.
I saw a strong cold front go through a couple of weeks ago, and there were a bunch of buzzards gliding with it.
Doncha hate it when a glaring typo spoils a perfectly good punch-line?
Why do you even need to assume their might be ANY intellegence? How does a cannonball know exactly what path to fly based on complicated physics of ballistics?
Which higher cognitive functions are canines utilizing when they eat their own skat?
lol -- nice post
If I throw two balls in close succession, the second ball lofted while the first is in the air, my dog will always lose interest in the first ball and more often than not, fail to catch the second ball.
If I throw the second one after he catches the second and begins his return, he will immediately drop the first ball and go after the second ball.
You better be careful, I got stuck in one of those things once!
I follow 10 paces behind my dog and pick up his crap. Don't know if he's a genius but he's smarter 'n me.
I never did see a dog that could unwrap itself from the pole it was tied to after it had wrapped itself around the pole. They just sit there and look puzzled wondering why they can't move as far from the pole as they had just done a few minutes before. If they find the dog that can unwrap itself, then I might start believing in canine calculus.
OK! OK! So I'm not too damned good at licking
myself either.
I bet your dog found it amusing. Mine just tried to lick my face, completely oblivious to the knowledge I was trying to impart.
My Jack Russell peed on the utility room linoleum last night; the first time in 14 years that he's done that. He was obviously embarrassed about it, and judging by the volume of the flood, must have held it as long as he could. But I didn't heed his barking in time.
His mathematical genius is shown in his skill at catching Frisbees. He adds, subtracts, divides, (doesn't multiply -- he's fixed), differentiates, integrates and solves several partial differential equations simultaneously in order to catch the Frisbees.
He's very modest about his genius though. I can't even get him to paw out the correct answer to 2 + 2. He gets "5" every time. But he claims he's using a different base.
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