In the future you may be able to hear your dog’s perspective on life wrote Sarah Butler and Hannah Devlin:

• Prairie dogs – which are rodents not dogs – have been found to have a sophisticated language to describe predators and colours.
• Some think that other mammals – including pet dogs and cats – may have similarly complex language systems.
• The same algorithms that have substantially improved human voice recognition could be used on animal noises to see if clear patterns emerge.
• Others are skeptical. Dog barks can be context specific – but most people are pretty good at figuring out already if a dog’s bark is angry or happy.
• It might be helpful for young children. They often incorrectly think that a dog baring its teeth is smiling and would like a hug.

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