Word: haring
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...Brian Hare, assistant professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University, holds out a dog biscuit...
...Hare asks Henry. Hare then steps back until he's standing between a pair of inverted plastic cups on the floor. He quickly puts the hand holding the biscuit under one cup, then the other, and holds up both empty hands. Hare could run a very profitable shell game. No one in the room--neither dog nor human--can tell which cup hides the biscuit. (See a video on how dogs think like...
Henry could find the biscuit by sniffing the cups or knocking them over. But Hare does not plan to let him have it so easy. Instead, he simply points at the cup on the right. Henry looks at Hare's hand and follows the pointed finger. Kivell then releases the leash, and Henry walks over to the cup that Hare is pointing to. Hare lifts it to reveal the biscuit reward. (See TIME's photo-essay "Puppies Behind Bars...
...coincidence that the two species that pass Hare's pointing test also share a profound cross-species bond. Many animals have some level of social intelligence, allowing them to coexist and cooperate with other members of their species. Wolves, for example--the probable ancestors of dogs--live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. But dogs have evolved an extraordinarily rich social intelligence as they've adapted to life with us. All the things we love about our dogs--the joy they seem to take in our presence, the many ways they integrate themselves into our lives...
...This week, in Santa Fe, marks the official launch of this tortoise-beats-the-hare economic model. While Slow Money Institutes-forums for building regional stakeholder networks - have taken place in Grafton, Vt, Point Reyes, Calif., Bellingham, Wash., and Madison, Wis., this gathering brought together 300-plus participants representing at least four countries drawn from investment, philanthropic, academic and entrepreneurial circles...