BBC_Science_Focus_-_08.2019

DISCOVERIES

DOGS’ STRESS LEVELS MIRROR

THEIR OWNERS

If your screaming kids, nagging boss and

mounting debts are driving you mad, the

chances are your pooch is feeling the burn

too. Dogs mirror the stress levels of their

owners, according to a study at Linköping

University, Sweden. The team monitored

the levels of the stress hormone cortisol in

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For the first time in decades NASA

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#Heatwave

Summer heatwaves have been

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to a climatology institute in

Potsdam, Germany, Europe’s five

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been in the 21st Century.

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New June records were broken in

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record (41.5°C) likely to be beaten,

definitely by tomorrow when

all-time record is under threat.

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25 border collies, 33 Shetland sheepdogs

and their owners over several months. “We

found that the levels of long-term cortisol in

the dog and its owner were synchronised,

such that owners with high cortisol levels

have dogs with high cortisol levels, while

owners with low cortisol levels have dogs

with low levels,” said Ann-Sofie Sundma,

who led the research.