June 24, 2004

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  ** Fido Found to Be Wiz with Words
  
  Dogs may be capable of acquiring a far larger vocabulary than typical owners teach them during obedience training.

  
  

   

  
  

  Scientists experimenting  with a 10-year-old border collie in Germany have discovered that the dog knows more than 200 words for different objects and can learn a new word after being shown an unfamiliar item just once. The dog's ability shows that advanced word recognition skills are present in animals other than humans, and probably evolved independently of language and speech.

  
  

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