anothercatgirl comments on doggos

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[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I blame the sun. Dogs poop in the morning and evening when owners are not at work. The sun shines from the east and from the west during these hours. And I think they don't like facing the sun.

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[–] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago

My favorite explanation. Occam's razor, ladies and gentlemen.

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[–] partiallycyber@ttrpg.network 11 points 2 years ago

Time of day is addressed in the study and

was not a reliable predictor of expression of alignment

They also mention that the presence of the sun is possibly likely to affect dogs less than humans - meaning that dogs might have less aversion to facing the sun.

Study is here: https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-9994-10-80

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 years ago

This doesn’t make sense. Why wouldn’t they orient west in the morning and east in the evening?

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