"Dogs possess a 2-year-old child's capacity to understand human pointing gestures, with dogs requiring next to zero learning time to figure out the visual communication ..." [1]
"Dogs, unlike most animals, can be taught to reliably use the pointing gesture as an indication of the location of far away objects. This rare ability has been attributed to their long history of domestication – researchers think that humans might have selectively bred dogs to understand pointing." [2]
[1] "Dogs understand gestures as well as toddlers." Today.com. Retrieved on January 23, 2010 from http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31897694/ns/health-pet_health/#ixzz0oo0rqX6P
[2] "Dolphins get the point." (June 4, 2007). Dolphin Communication Project. Retrieved on May 23, 2010 from http://www.dolphincommunicationproject.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1084:dolphins-get-the-point&catid=48:the-dolphin-pod&Itemid=285.
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