If you’re looking for a contest where you don’t have to worry about whether losers will accept, you can try the Genius Dog Contest.
Starting at 1pm Eastern time on Wednesday and continuing until Monday, November 16, the competition, which is also a scientific experiment, will be live on Facebook and YouTube. He will test six of the world’s smartest dogs, seen through word of mouth and on social media, on their ability to learn the names of new objects.
Some dogs, such as Border Collision, became famous for their scientific studies that demonstrated their ability to memorize words. Chaser, a member of that race who died recently, learned more than 1,000 nouns.
The driving force behind the challenge is Claudia Fugaza, a canine behavior researcher, who is part of the Family Dog project at Etowos Laurent University in Budapest. And the sponsor is, of course, Puri.
Dr Fugaza acknowledged that there is a way to find the “smartest dog in the world” for the title of the competition and the promotion of the event. Learning many names, many things is an interesting and amazing talent. Scientists do not know exactly how it relates to Mumbai’s street dog’s ability to find food, stay safe and breed, or its royal behavior from its beloved Maltese owner.
Dr. Fugaza became interested in this ability after conducting tests on Border Collision Whiskey in Norway, who has now learned more than 100 names of toys without any special training. Whiskey will be part of the challenge as there will be dogs from Spain, Brazil, Hungary, Florida and the Netherlands. ड all. Fugaza says other races are capable of similar achievements.
However, most dogs cannot complete such tasks even with extensive training, and her scientific interest is in studying more dogs in an attempt to understand the nature of this ability. Even in humans, he said, genius is poorly understood, and its origin is controversial, but even in animals, it is not recognized at all.
“We do not know the origin of this exceptional operation. And we think dogs are a very good model to study this, ”he said.
And why that live stream? To discover new topics. The more dogs studied, the more science. “We hope to reach a wider audience because we think there may be other such dogs,” said Dr. Fugaza and he hopes their owners will want to study them as well.
So if your dog knows the difference between a leash by name and a leash, you should definitely watch the contest. For the rest of us, who have a hard time remembering where to restrain someone when we need them, this could be a glimpse of another world. Be prepared, however, that this will be science, not a puppy bowl.
Also, as smart as they are, competitors will not be asked to give victory or concession speeches, or even to know that the game they believe in is really an experiment and a contest. They are dogs, after all.
