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Well, Scientific American does the speaking about a study and the research it refutes —

This research.

— but there are plenty of video close-ups of African wild dogs online.

We Monkey People apparently enjoy messing with the minds of these beautiful African wild canines!

What’s “uncanny valley” in African Dog-speak?

But the robots (and backup cameras) do tell some amazing stories…

And who knows — maybe the painted dogs prank us back by sounding (as a comment to the next video puts it) like a bunch of squeaky toys!

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