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Dogs don’t see in black and white

By Animals, Dogs

Dogs see in black and white

The irony in the making of this cartoon, is that dogs can indeed see in colour, but not within the red and green spectrums. In fact, dogs can see yellow, grey and blue – this is equivalent to the human red-green colour blindness. Dogs only possess two colour receptors (commonly called cones), whereas humans have three, allowing them to see a broader spectrum of colours.

What can we learn for this? Well for one thing, you might be better off buying yellow or blue coloured toys rather than red or green, making it easier for the dog to distinguish it from the green grass.

Why not test the theory and throw two toys simultaneously – one blue/yellow, the other red/green – See if there is a preference.

 

September 21, 2018
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This way up

By Animals, Dogs

Box handling

We own a beautiful golden retriever called Ollie. He’s our 3rd golden and what I’ve always enjoyed about owning a pet is watching their personality develop from puppy to adult. Ollie is possibly the most tolerant, playful and goofy of our goldens. How many dogs would sit and pose for their owner in a shot like below?

What do you enjoy about your pet?

 

April 20, 2018
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Here boy, fetch

By Dogs

Dog and stickSticks, selfie sticks, frisbees – What do they all have in common?

Dogs like to fetch them! So it got me thinking, about record stick fetching achievements and sure enough, the Guinness World Record group has come to my calling. Introducing Davy Whippet (and Rob McLeod) who broke the Guinness World Record for the longest flying disc throw caught by a dog with a catch at 134 yards (402 feet). Surprisingly the pair are not dog and owner. The owner, Lara Sorensen, noticed her pup had a talent for catching, so she introduced Davy to champion frisbee thrower Rob McLeod…and the rest is now captured in Guinness book history.

Do you own an amazing pet?

December 11, 2015
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So what does it taste like?

By Animals, Dogs

Dog tastes drumstick for first time

Ah, too obvious! Of course it would have to be chicken.

So why does meat often taste like chicken?…Well maybe it doesn’t. Our friends at MythBusters did a taste test of different meats to see if  ‘it is easy to confuse the taste of unusual meats with that of chicken.’ They had twenty meats prepared for tasting (if you’re a vegetarian, or animal lover, skip this paragraph and read the results in the following paragraph), including: frog, peacock, squab, alligator, goat and turtle (What the…!) For the non squeamish, check out there video here.

Tory got 17 out of 20 samples correct and Grant only 11. The giveaway for Tory was the texture of the meat, so they did the test again; this time with minced meat to take away the texture. The results improved with Tory identifying 18 of 20 and Grant 19 of 20. In the words of MythBusters – Busted.

I was once tricked with goat for lamb (not happy, goat is a no go zone for me), but never chicken.

Have you ever confused another meat for chicken?

 

May 21, 2015
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The wet dog shake

By Dogs

cat and dog fight

Ah, those crazy engineers and scientists are at it again and this time with the humble wet dog shake.  The Secret of the wet dog shake will hopefully help our designers create more efficient products in the future.  The study has found the dog to be one of the most efficient ‘designs’ in allowing for the removal of excess water.  In just 4 seconds (and that’s all it takes when you happen to be standing next to a wet dog) for a dog to shake off 70% of water from a wet coat.

October 18, 2012
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Here Fido – Fetch!

By Dogs

And you guessed it, the topic for today is the boomerang.  Some boomerang facts you might not have known:

  1. Boomerangs are not solely native to Australia – Boomerangs have been found world-wide, including Egypt.  Our favourite pharaoh, King Tut possessed a few boomerangs, some  plated in gold – now that’s my kind of stick!
  2. Not all boomerangs are designed to return – there are two types: ‘returning’ and ‘hunting’. The non returning ‘hunting’ variety are typically used to knock down the prey and travel straight, rather than curved.
  3. The oldest ever found boomerang is about 30,000 years old and was found in a cave in Poland. It was made from a mammoth’s tusk
  4. The smallest boomerang to travel over 20m was weeny s a teeny-48mm
May 25, 2012
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The Facebook ‘Like’ phenomonon started before Facebook

By Dogs


I couldn’t think of a better cartoon to officially launch my new Facebook Page, www.facebook.com/justoutsidetheboxcartoon.

Why not have a bit of Friday fun and splash, I mean ‘Like’, my Page? (the engineer in me is struggling to refrain from the stats, but more than the current 11 likes would be a nice start). I will be posting extra cartoon sketches on Facebook, so come and visit every now and then.

To celebrate, this launch will coincide with the 2nd Friday Freebie. Stay tuned. It will come out shortly today.

PS. My thanks to Jeff for helping me with the cartoon caption

February 2, 2012
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