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[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

The evolutionist certainly sounds more reasonable than the "creation 
scientists" with their multi-million dollar bible theme park. I was 
influenced this a.m. by one of the dogs sharing space with me. He took a 
dump on the floor and that is not what I call ingratiation. :-)

afterswift@aol.com wrote:

>  An evolutionist made some interesting observations about why dogs are so 
> different from the wolves they evolved from. It wasn't merely a matter of 
> mutation, but of the effects of adrenalin which made changes very rapidly 
> in behavior and particularly in appearance because the dog had different 
> emotional demands. No wolf has floppy ears, nor do wolves bark. He also 
> pointed out that dogs evolved from lazy wolves, who hung around human 
> haunts to scavange for leftovers.
> 
> So dogs have smaller brains than wolves because they didn't need much 
> intelligence to scrounge food. Beats hunting every time, that requres a 
> lot of brainpower.
> 
> And make no mistake about it, we humans were influenced by the dogs that 
> hung out with us. Which explains why many of us love dogs often more than 
> human beings. And why we spend a fortune on them. Dogs know how to 
> ingratiate themselves. 
> 
> Me, I have no particular liking for dogs. But they keep the kids busy and 
> test the AF speed of my cameras and are essential for the walking cure.
> 
> Bob
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