Aan al die Basjans, Nefies, Wagters, Edellyniges en Straatbrakke …
"Hoe meer ek met mense te doene kry, hoe meer hou ek van my
“A dog’s got personality and personality goes a long way.” So seg Jules Winnfield, a krimineel in die fliek Pulp Fiction.
Oester skryf: “En toe wonder ekke oor hierdie onsigbare verbintenis met ons viervoetige vriende? Wat maak dat mens so ver sal gaan om hul heil en voorspoed te verseker? Ek het 'n vae spesmaas dat die dag as Basjan die tydige met die ewige verwissel ons steeds die stoel sal los op sy plek hier in die hoek op my stoep. Want dit hoort so.”
Die mens en sy se brak kom al 'n lang pad. Nie net sosiaal nie, maar evolusionêr.
Samuel D Gosling het so ‘n bietjie navorsing gedoen oor die persoonlikheid van diere met spesifieke verwysing na brakke.
Hy (en ander) vind:
“In sum, personality in animals is real, measurable, and seems to be strongly influenced by genes. Variability in personality is, in a sense, genetic variability. This suggests that different personalities can be successful and persist in evolutionary time; if only one personality type were successful, natural selection would eliminate this variation.”
En;
“Taken together, these studies show that personality traits can be judged in dogs with impressive levels of accuracy. Our two species comparative approach made it possible for the first time to interpret the animal findings in direct comparison with findings based on human participants. We were able to show that the consistency, consensus, and correspondence of dog personality judgments were not only significant but also as substantial in size as those found for humans.”
Baas se honne! Oester ek stem saam … “ Want dit hoort so …”
HJ
Verwysings:
Samuel D Gosling (Texas Universiteit, Austin Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Copyright 2003 by the American Psychological Association, Inc. 2003, Vol. 85, No. 6, 1161–1169)
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