Some dogs can expand their vocabulary by eavesdropping on their owners 飼い主の会話を「盗み聞き」する犬、最新研究で明らかに 教えていないのに玩具の名前を学習
A Shiba Inu preserved by the Natural Monument Shiba Inu Preservation Society. Photo taken in 2023. (The Asahi Shimbun file photo)
NEW YORK (AP) — Dogs are great at learning action commands like “sit” and “stay.” They’re less good at remembering the names of things, like what their squeaky or stuffed toys are called.
Only an elite group of gifted word-learner dogs can retain the names of hundreds of toys. Scientists know of ab...