A new research reveals that dogs can “catch” yawns from human beings. The research further revels that your dog will definitely yawn by just hearing the sound of your yawn. From the research, it further gives credence to the belief that dogs empathizes with the owners. Other animals that are capable of yawning include the chimpanzee, baboon, and the Macaques. The study was conducted in the University of Porto in Portugal (you can read more about it in this article at Science)
Talk about loyalty of the dog, and here is proof that your dog really loves you. Just like human beings, different dogs show various forms of yawning; some are very funny as exemplified by the pictures below:
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