yeah but but but .....

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Posted by iZ's mom, jumping up + down on March 29, 2001 at 16:33:53:

In Reply to: Just found this via another board...Worth reading.... posted by Mr. D on March 29, 2001 at 08:31:35:

the article sez in part: �Head bobbing is really a territorial display in male lizards,� he says. �It�s not a friendly thing at all.�

but that's not true!!! i can't believe this guy has had Fido for 12 yrs + hasn't figured out that there are a zillion (give or take a few) different *kinds* of bobs and *yes* some of them *are* friendly! iZ has distinctively different bobs for saying "hi humommy", "back off b****", "rub my back ~ now!" , etc etc etc ... (and females DO bob as well btw ...)

how can someone who is supposedly a *specialist* in animal behavior not realize something so obvious???? and how can he not even think about maybe the sense of smell plays a part in the ability to recognize??

and *then* he has the ego to state:

(McRobert notes,) �They are lizards, and they are not capable of a lot of thought.�

hmmmmmmmm ... i seriously feel the same way about scientists ~ they're not capable of a lot of thought .... (+ i'm only partly kidding .... *grin*)

Bon.

ps. a major clue to if a bob is meant to be threatening or not is if the dewlap is extended ....

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: the article sez in part: �Head bobbing is really a territorial display in male lizards,� he says. �It�s not a friendly thing at all.� : : but that's not true!!! i can't believe this guy has had Fido for 12 yrs + hasn't figured out that there are a zillion (give or take a few) different *kinds* of bobs and *yes* some of them *are* friendly! iZ has distinctively different bobs for saying "hi humommy", "back off b****", "rub my back ~ now!" , etc etc etc ... (and females DO bob as well btw ...) : how can someone who is supposedly a *specialist* in animal behavior not realize something so obvious???? and how can he not even think about maybe the sense of smell plays a part in the ability to recognize?? : and *then* he has the ego to state: : (McRobert notes,) �They are lizards, and they are not capable of a lot of thought.� : hmmmmmmmm ... i seriously feel the same way about scientists ~ they're not capable of a lot of thought .... (+ i'm only partly kidding .... *grin*) : Bon. : ps. a major clue to if a bob is meant to be threatening or not is if the dewlap is extended .... :

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