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We May Be Surrounded by Trillions of Conscious Beings, Research Suggests—And They Aren’t Human (www.popularmechanics.com)

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

i take it you havent seen the recent studies with dogs and those speech buttons. we are finding them to be very social creatures. we just didnt have the technology to bridge this from dog to human until now.