Dog Barks Deciphered; Yes, Dogs Are as Simple and Dumb as You Thought [Animals]
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Researchers in Budapest have spent a lot of time examining dogs barking for some reason, and they’ve figured out a way to create software to decipher exactly what your pooch is saying. That’s not to say that Rex is suddenly going to begin saying “My, Joseph, you have been sitting around the house all day in a dreadful state. Don’t you concur that it would be to both of our benefits if you took me out for a jolly stroll?”, but it will let him state “Walk! Walk walk walk! Walk! Walk Walk! Walk!”
That’s because, apparently, dogs have six types of barks depending on what they want or are doing. There’s the “stranger” bark, the “fight” bark, the “walk” bark, the “alone” bark, the “ball” bark and the “play” bark. Knowing what these barks all sound like will grant software that decodes them to be built and, presumably, stuck in small devices on their collars. That way, when your dog barks, you’ll know exactly what they want. Not that it’s ever that hard to figure out anyways. They’re just stupid dogs, after all, it’s not like they ever want anything other than meat or a good scratch behind the ears. But hey, at least you’ll know. [Tom’s Hardware]
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