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Anyone who has lived with a dog can attest to the fact that dogs can sense when people are sad and will often seek to comfort them. However, evidence suggests that dogs might also be able to sense when people are ill or even dying and increase their comforting attention accordingly.
A recent study with wolves that have been acclimated to humans is a case in point. A piece of meat was placed under a cage in such a way that the wolf could not get to it. A human stood by the cage to observe. The wolf could smell and see the meat but not actually get to it. The wolf would try for a long time, not pay any attention to the human, and then eventually give up. The same was done with a dog, and after a few tries the dog would stop trying. The dog would look at the cage, then sit and look at the human, waiting for the human to help it get the food.
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