Dog growls more complex than some thought

THE GIST:

Each individual dog growl conveys a specific meaning understood by other dogs.

Since dogs are sensitive to the “inner states” of other dogs, this registers through the growls.

There is a growing body of evidence that animal c alls

are far more complex than previously thought.

What really surprises me is how out-to-lunch many people have been regarding animals.

The typical notion that “humans are so superior to every other form of animal life” is at the root of it, I’d guess.