Yes - I think people with pets are usually looked down on by animal behaviour researchers - but I think we get a lot closer in many ways. I mean, sure, a cat in the house is not behaving as they do in the wild - but we aren't behaving as we would in the wild either!
Rupert Sheldrake seems to have an uncanny knack for finding ψ experiments that work really well and are fairly easy to repeat. I think choosing the dogs experiment as a first experiment was a very good choice.
I would still like to know exactly what the communication with insects consisted of!
David |