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To: faqsnlojiks who wrote (7895)	6/8/2006 5:00:03 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 14758

Speak for yourself about little frontal lobes. Ooops you were talking about the brain...

To: faqsnlojiks who wrote (7895)	6/8/2006 5:21:28 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

Don't be so quick to dismiss the great "humanity" of animals...... WHANGAREI, N.Z. - A group of lifeguards swimming off the coast of New Zealand may have been saved from a shark attack recently by several protective dolphins that helped to hold the predator at bay. cbc.ca ***************************** But for these dogs, many men would not have come home from Vietnam: war-dogs.com America's war dogs were trained to recognize booby traps, mines tunnels and weapons caches. They warned troops about ambushes. They saved lives by dragging wounded soldiers to safety. America's war dogs prevented over 10,000 casualties in Vietnam alone and bravely served our country in Operation Desert Storm as well as WWII. Yet, many of these canine heroes were declared "surplus armaments" either euthanised or left to unknown fates. **************************** Chimpanzees doing fractions? Language and math skills have long been thought to be solely human abilities, but an Ohio State University researcher has taught some chimpanzees to solve simple arithmetic problems. Primatologist Sally Boysen, who has been working with chimpanzees for many years, shows that the chimps are truly processing the information and not just learning by rote. Boysen's discoveries mean we may have to re-evaluate how we think about primate intelligence. pbs.org ******************************* Olfactory detection of human bladder cancer by dogs: proof of ... bmj.bmjjournals.com