Before the first day of a new year unexpectedly rolls over the horizon I wanted mention 2013 was the year zoosemiotics turned 50 years old. In 1963 TA Sebeok introduced the world to the field of Zoosemiotics with this paragraph: “The term zoosemiotics – constructed in an exchange between Rulon Wells and me – is…
This blog post elicited an absurd number of responses from Behan and each was just as nonsensical as the next. Like I noted in the original, not one of them is sourced. ONE The problem is that these folks think they know what I’m saying because they think they know what they’re saying and they…
I am an occasional visitor to the Natural Dog Training (is there such a thing as Supernatural Dog Training?) blog authored by snake-oil salesman and new-age mystic Kevin Behan. Reading the blog is amusing and infuriating. I find it painful to see him lie to readers and distort the latest science story to support the sales his energy…
Humans don’t have to directly experience trauma to be deeply affected; seeing someone else go through a distressing event can often be equally stressful. The vicarious experience is often sufficiently stressful to produce negative long-term effects resulting in PTSD, depression and other mood disorders. For humans, seeing stress is often the same as feeling stress.…
An interesting paper published in the journal Ethology on puppy nursing behavior. The abstract does such a good job of summarizing the findings that I’m just going to present it as is. I’ll point out to pay special attention to the lack of preference and agonistic behavior.(ie no fighting for nipple). Cesar Millan has claimed…
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