Fox Talk: How Some Very Special Animals Helped Scientists Understand Communication

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When you talk to a dog does the dog talk back? Many people think so. But for a long time, scientists didn’t know how our furry friends learned to communicate with people. Luckily, Russian scientist Dmitri Belyaev had a plan. If he could tame wild red foxes, he could learn how dogs first came from wolves. By studying the way these foxes...

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“This is exactly the kind of book I love to read. It will appeal to anyone who wants to understand how and why.”– Joan Marie Galat | author, Dot to Dot in the Sky series“For kids who love animals, and want to know more about what makes wild animals wild, and pets pets – and about people’s relationships with both – this book is a winner...