The Water Bowl: Did Humans Evolve Thanks to Pets? Plus, Vacuum Causes Cat Emergency

08/11/2010 at 10:30 AM EDT

The Water Bowl: Did Humans Evolve Thanks to Pets? Plus, Vacuum Causes Cat Emergency
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Keeping pets may have helped speed up human evolutionary process, according to a new study. Keeping track of domesticated animals led people to develop technology and language. –Discovery News

The things that can happen when we're left home alone: A cat in Germany turned on the household vacuum cleaner, and scared himself so badly that it caused a neighbor to call emergency services. –AP

Canada geese have been sullying America's national monuments, defecating all over the edge of the Memorial Reflecting Pool. All of the pooping has left one Canadian feeling guilty by association. –Ottowa Citizen

When police pulled over a man for a traffic stop in Buffalo, N.Y., they found a 4-year-old cat in the trunk, "marinating" there along with some oil, crushed red peppers and chili peppers. The cat has since been made available for adoption. –WGRZ.com

So we already have dog whisperers and ghost whisperers –it was only a matter of time before we got a cow whisperer. One Montana cowboy is working to change the way cattlemen handle their livestock, in a gentler, more humane way. –AP

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