Should You Let A Dog Lick Your Face?
Adults PetsCanine and human mouths are bacterial ecosystems, but can they harm one another? "Sometimes, the oral contact between dogs and their owners can be more extensive than that between parent and child. Dogs kiss and lick their owners to express amiable emotions. This raises the possibility of transferring bacteria from the oral microbiome of dogs to their human owners."
Dog Retirement Home | Silver Muzzle Cottage // 60 Second Docs
Adults PetsIn Elk Rapids, Kim Skarritt runs the Silver Muzzle Cottage, Michigan's only dog hospice. Many of the dogs there were lifelong pets who've since been abandoned. So far, she's taken in 93 rescue dogs, some even near death. Despite their circumstances, her team works overtime to make up the love and care these dogs deserve. And once a week, the canines visit human seniors in their own retirement home -- sharing yet more unconditional love with another community that needs more of it.
Dogs and Humans: A 30,000-Year Friendship
Adults PetsOf all the species that humans have domesticated, dogs are our oldest animal friends. But how did a group of wolves become the furry pup at the end of the bed? New research is finally unlocking the paw-in-hand evolution of dogs and humans. In this episode we're answering one big question: Did we domesticate dogs, or did dogs domesticate us?
Is there a disease that makes us love cats?
Adults PetsToday, about a third of the world's population is infected with a strange disease called toxoplasmosis - and most of them never even know it. And while the parasite can multiply in practically any host, it can only reproduce sexually in the intestines of cats.
Why do cats act so weird?
Adults PetsThey're cute, they're lovable, and judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million YouTube videos of them, one thing is certain: cats are very entertaining. But their strange feline behaviors, both amusing and baffling, leave many of us asking: Why do cats do that?
How do dogs "see" with their noses?s
Adults PetsYou may have heard the expression that dogs 'see with their noses.' But these creature's amazing nasal architecture actually reveals a whole world beyond what we can see. Alexandra Horowitz illustrates how the dog's nose can smell the past, the future and even things that can't be seen at all.