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the only species that evolved specifically to read your face and lie about chasing the mailman
means The plural of dog: domesticated canine mammals kept as pets, working animals, or companions, descended from wolves and famously loyal to humans.
from From Old English 'docga,' a word of mysterious origin that quietly elbowed aside the older general term 'hund' (which survives in 'hound'). For a long time 'docga' seems to have meant a specific powerful or coarse breed before it swelled to cover the whole species. Its deeper roots are genuinely unknown — one of those rare common English words whose family tree simply goes dark, leaving etymologists to shrug. The plural is plain English, just an '-s' on the end, as faithful and uncomplicated as the animal itself.
- nose print
- unique like a fingerprint, no two alike
- emotional math
- can smell your fear and your sadness
- ancient pact
- domesticated wolves before we invented farming
- eye trick
- puppy eyes evolved purely to manipulate humans
- smell time
- older scents fade, so they smell the past
laika — soviet space dog launched into orbit november 3, 1957
hachiko — akita waited at shibuya station for 9 years after owner's death in 1925 tokyo
balto — sled dog led serum run to nome alaska in 1925 during diphtheria outbreak
stubby — pit bull served in world war i with 102nd infantry, decorated with medals