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It turns out that dogs are born with a lot of their ability to interact with people, and songbirds have to mute their minds to stay in sync during their quick back and forth duets.

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Sources:
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00602-3
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/these-adorable-puppies-may-help-explain-why-dogs-understand-our-body-language

https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2021-05/njio-ds052721.php
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018188118

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