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Dogs in Dumbarton
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:01 am
by Massive Quasars
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:40 am
by [xeno]Julios
very fucking interesting...
i'd like to see a photo of the bridge. It may be some visual illusion that causes the dogs to visually misinterpret the scene - or some stimulus that causes them to go somewhat mad. I'd like to know more about the dogs' behaviour before they jumped - i.e. were they barking, or acting strangely?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:45 am
by [xeno]Julios
Ms Graham added: "Dogs naturally have a very good ability to judge distances so that they know they are going to be safe, so it is possible there is something which is causing an optical illusion or enticing the dogs to jump. From photographs of the bridge it would appear that the tree canopy rises above the bridge and it may cause some sort of confusion to the animal which thinks it is jumping to something solid.
"It may be an optical illusion or a sound or smell which the dogs can detect but humans cannot. They hear higher ranges of noises and have an acute sense of smell. It could be there is a noise coming from below the bridge that is enticing them."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_i ... D=10113715
still very strange...
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:04 am
by Massive Quasars
strange indeed
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:48 am
by Scourge
That was my first thought. Something that we can't see/hear/smell is attracting them down there.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:02 am
by Canidae
Could be the way the wind whistles around the bridge irritates their high pitched hearing
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:14 am
by mjrpes
Obviously, those dogs were possessed by an evil demon spirit.
Re: Dogs in Dumbarton
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:18 am
by Hannibal
Cardinal Lamberto wrote:When the mind suffers, the body cries out.
Clearly the dogs had been emotionally traumatized by some bad kibble.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:10 am
by U4EA
I've always been under the impression that dogs had poor eyesight and depth perception (they're colorblind as well) which is why they rely a lot more on their sense of smell.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:55 am
by mjrpes
U4EA wrote:I've always been under the impression that dogs had poor eyesight and depth perception (they're colorblind as well) which is why they rely a lot more on their sense of smell.
but from a darwinian perspective a dog better know wtf a ledge is.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:58 am
by MKJ
dogs can smell 1500 times better than humans. and yet they still have to bury their nose into my crotch to smell it :icon33:
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:08 am
by mjrpes
MKJ wrote:dogs can smell 1500 times better than humans. and yet they still have to bury their nose into my crotch to smell it :icon33:
that's because they like the smell of a crotch 1500 times more than a humans.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:13 am
by MKJ
.. fair enough i guess
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:08 am
by U4EA
Fairy muff :icon19:
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:05 am
by MKJ
you just thought of that yerself?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:19 am
by Eraser
U4EA wrote:Fairy muff :icon19:
jesus I just choked in my food from laughing :icon19:
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:24 am
by o'dium
That, is spooky darlings.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:38 am
by U4EA
This thread confuses me
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:40 am
by o'dium
Its quite freaky. Freaky, because dogs sense different things to us. Who knows what they can/can't see/sense?
Its VERY weird and I love reading stuff like this, because it just waffles my brain even more...