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Hey there Welcome to Life Noggin Any dog lover will tell you that our furryfriends make our lives better they save lives as police and search and rescuedogs and take care of us as therapy and service dogs Studies even show that they improve our healthby reducing stress and lowering blood pressure and cholesterol They also make Twitter slightly more tolerablethanks to their adorable little faces Thats why whenever I get stressed outI spend time with my buddy - professor Cuddlesworth Here boy That's a good dog Yes you are It's clear that life without them would behorrible for us but what about them If every human suddenly disappeared whatwould happen to our dogs Do they even need us Researchers estimate that weve been domesticatingdogs for ten to forty thousand years Since then we have provided them with foodprotection and shelter Without humans dogs that are used to beingcared for would need to quickly learn how to fend for themselves Since no one will be filling up their foodbowl they will need to scavenge or hunt for food So dog breeds that are known for their trackingand hunting abilities like spaniels and retrievers would have it much easier than other breeds They will also be living in a world withouttemperature control So some dog breeds that struggle in the heator cold wouldnt fare well in those climates dogs with thick coats like the husky orbrachycephalic dogs with flat faces like the bulldog could easily overheat in hotregions While breeds with short hair like the boxeror dogs with low body fat like the greyhound would freeze in cold climates Good thing professor Cuddlesworth here fallsright in the middle Plus hes a skilled hunter Yes you are Since dogs were bred to be less aggressivethan their wolf ancestor the portion of their brain responsible for the fight or flightresponse has shrunk which will make it difficult for most dog breeds when faced with predators Over time its likely that most dogs wouldadjust to their new lives once they developed survival skills like finding food and shelterand forming alliances But it may take a few generations Weve seen this happen with dogs who escapeor are released into the wild Without human contact they become feral In a 1995 study the first few generationsof feral dogs had high rates of juvenile mortality and indirectly depend on humans for food However after long periods of time when naturalselection has taken it course - were talking thousands of years here - wild dog speciesemerge This is thought to be the story of the Australiandingo So eventually dogs will be okay Though it is reassuring that your little buddyneeds you just as much as you need them So do you have dogs What kind and let me know their name in thecomment section below or tell us what we should talk about next Weve been getting a lot of comments recentlyasking about how these life noggin videos actually get made Since so many of you wanna learn how the animatorworks his magic I decided to team up with our sponsor...