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Re:Evidence that addictive behaviors have links with ancient... by lovich on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @02:08PM (#18068894)
Dogs do it, albeit with human help. Considering that humans that grew up alone, ie. feral, seem to have no self control either I would think that dogs get to count too
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Re:Evidence that addictive behaviors have links with ancient... by hellofunk on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @02:39PM (#18069176)
Can you give an example of dog behavior that does this? I'm curious.
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Re:Evidence that addictive behaviors have links with ancient... by dfee on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @02:55PM (#18069329)
Here’s that behavior on display: https://www.reddit.com/r/rarepuppers/comments/9ime34/heckin_...
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Re:Evidence that addictive behaviors have links with ancient... by lovich on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @09:52PM (#18072071)
Not sure why you are being downvoted. This link is one of the recent examples I was thinking of. The dog has been taught to not eat the food even when a human isn't around protecting the food. That requires ignoring one part of its biology for other benefits.
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