Humans quickly destroyed bird populations through habitat loss, over-exploitation, and the introduction of rats, pigs, and dogs, which attacked the birds’ nests, and ___ with birds for food. We show that many species became extinct before written records and left no ___, lost from history....
and studies show that dating profiles that include a picture with a dog improve the chances of prospective partners matching with them. Similarly, people with pets in their photos are shown to bemore appealing to potential partners.
The utility that certain animals have for man does not seem to evoke this kind of response—lab mice and rats, despite their utility and relative closeness, do not evoke affection or concern for their condition [39]. It is remarkable that in the current study, a different attitude towards ...