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darkstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 12:15 AM
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interspecies yawn contagion? can it happen?
Just watched Miz D yawn twice BIG, then the cat got in on it. Weird, huh?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 12:15 AM
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1. Join in
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darkstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 12:18 AM
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3. Soon enough amigo
Edited on Fri Jan-30-09 12:27 AM by darkstar
Hoped I'd run into you. Have you seen this? ("Kind of Blue" 50th re-release box....)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99805408

:hi:
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 12:21 AM
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4. WOW! Love it
I'm going to be on the look out for it.

Thanks for the heads up
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 12:17 AM
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2. If the animals are willing, then I don't see the harm
Oh, wait a minute. I think I misread the subject line.
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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 12:56 AM
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5. happens all the time
.... at least to me. Especially with my great old cat Al, when he and I hung out all the time.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 01:06 AM
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6. Like a cat has any reason to yawn!
:wtf: :rant:
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 10:46 AM
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9. I get the feeling YOUR cat has plenty or reason to yawn..
:rofl:
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 02:05 PM
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12. .
Edited on Fri Jan-30-09 02:05 PM by CreekDog





















:rofl:
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 10:39 AM
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7. A study came out (yes they studied it) recently proving it with dogs & humans
I've known since I was a kid that dogs and humans pass yawns.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 10:42 AM
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8. It's a pack/cave thing
Yawning helps everyone go to bed together. Go evolution!
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 10:48 AM
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10. Oh yes! It's a game for us with one of our cats.
If I'm laying down with him and I deliberately yawn REALLY big, he'll yawn back--we'll keep doing it back and forth for as long as he finds the game amusing. Most of the yawns aren't even real--he just likes playing along. :)
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Blue Diadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 10:52 AM
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11. darn it, you made me yawn just thinking about it!
I was picturing the time my daughter yawned, I yawned, the cat yawned then the dog yawned. I yawned a 2nd time, then the dog yawned again. The cat left the room with that look on his face like he thought my daughter and I were nuts we were laughing so hard. Darn it, I just yawned again.

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