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[–] Mango@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

These scientists are stupid. It's not a language. Barks are always just trying to provoke a reaction.

[–] Revonult@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Not the same as barking but wolf howls are complex and unique to species and pack. Atleast shows they may be something there.

[–] Gsus4@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's almost like an emotional state. What is complex for dogs is smell, the way they read the local bulletins pissted by all the locals, their health, their fertility, what they have been eating, their emotional state. And then they can leave their own peemail for others to smell and get all the latest community news :)

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Pissed is now the word of the week. 🤣

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.run 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

100% agree. I imagine most dogs just think their barks are magic and they just want to try it on everything.

However dogs also make a lot more sounds that just barks. Woofs, whines, yips, groans, whimpers, harrumphs…

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 2 points 2 months ago

My dog always harrumphs when I tell her to stop barking, there's no one here.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I don't know if they are necessarily intended to provoke. Some are definitely intended to warn and I think greet sometimes as well based on my own dogs' barks.

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 2 points 2 months ago

And to request/demand.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You don't think a warning is a type of provocation?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

I'd say that depends on the warning bark and my dogs have more than one kind. There are kinds they seem to do to sound fierce and there are kinds they seem to do in order to get my attention.

But the greeting bark is definitely not provocative, it's just "open the door now now now now now pet me!"