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Word: canidate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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Meanwhile, dishonesty is punished across all canid species. "I know coyotes best," says Bekoff. "Coyotes will signal play and then try to fight or mate with others, but if they do that enough, they can't get other animals to play." Does that behavior rise to the level of ethics or morality? If morality is simply living by the rules of a society, says hyena expert Christine Drea of Duke University, then yes, animals do that. But just because animals have rules and bad things can happen when those aren't followed, she says, "doesn't mean they're ethical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Honor Among Beasts | 7/14/2005 | See Source »

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