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Doggie Fives

I've stated numerous times that Comang is not very bright. And while the desire to please is ever-present, we've only been able to teach him a handful of tricks due to his dim-wittedness. So far, Comang knows: sit, stay, down, jump, and high-five. Yes, you read that correctly. Our dog knows how to high-five. It was one of the first tricks that J taught him. See for yourself: It is precisely for this reason that I immediately fell in love with the following video, which depicts a man trying to teach his baby to high-five and the dog jumping in to do it himself, as if to say, "Sigh, let the EXPERT show you how it's done!" I can sooo see Comang doing this when the...

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Animals on the Underground

In 1988, illustrator Paul Middlewick was staring at a map of the London Underground on his daily commute home from work when he "saw" an elephant among the lines, stations, and symbols — similar to how the ancients discovered constellations in the night sky. Since then, the elephant has been joined by 33 other animals in a collection called Animals on the Underground. Batstation nickname: Highgate Puppy (dog)station nickname: Colliers Wood Catstation nickname: Queen's Park Puppy (hound)station nickname: Hounslow Central Cockerelstation nickname: Cockfosters Ravenstation nickname: Ravenscourt Park Dogstation nickname: Barking Reindeerstation nickname: Caledonian Road Elephantstation nickname: Elephant & Castle Baby Rhinostation nickname: Kenton Emustation nickname: High Barnet Rhinostation nickname: Hornchurch Angel Fishstation nickname: Angel Sealstation nickname: Finsbury Park Flamingostation nickname: Rotherhithe Snailstation nickname: Mudchute Goosestation nickname: Canada Water Stagstation nickname: Richmond Hawkstation nickname: Goldhawk Road Tortoisestation nickname: Oval Houndstation nickname: Hounslow...

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