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 We
all know that dogs are smart. So, how smart are they? According to a new study,
they are as smart as the average 2-year-old child!
Researchers from the University
of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada found that dogs can understand
up to 250 words and gestures!
According to the Canadian researchers, domestic dogs are very smart.
The researchers found through many tests that dogs
are so clever that they can count up to five and can
even perform simple math calculations!
In their tests, a border collie could understand
200 spoken words. It was able to recognize the names of the
items it was asked to fetch and successfully bring them.
“I believe that dogs are among the most intelligent animals. They
have an amazing ability to understand human
language,” said Professor Stanley Coren at
the UBC in Vancouver, who led the study.
 According
to Professor Coren, the average dog can understand about 165 words,
signs, and signals. Some smarter dogs
even showed that they could understand as many as 250 words and gestures,
which is about the same as a two and a half year old baby.
Professor Coren’s team has also found that dogs can count numbers,
using a simple test developed for young children.
“Dogs can tell that one plus one should equal two and not one or
three,” said Professor Coren.
So, which dog breed is the smartest? After
studying more than 200 breeds of dog, the researchers found that the
Border Collie tops the list. The Poodle,
German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, and Labrador Retriever were also
included in the list of the
most intelligent dog breeds. |
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