Spock, Penny, Tommy, Otto, Beckham

Andrew very kindly sent in a lovely photograph of his companion Spock, which we have now 'beamed down' onto the site! Andrew also comments about our canine friends:

"These are remarkable animals. A few years ago two Australian scientists proposed a new hypothesis regarding development of the human brain. They stated that a long time ago dogs got attached to us as companions. There developed a kind of co-dependence; mainly food scraps versus sense of smell. Eventually we humans stopped using our (pretty good then) sense of smell and this quite large part of our brain was reassigned to other things. After millennia elapsed, humans aquired self awarness. So they say we did not domesticate dogs, but dogs 'humanised ' us. Nice!

Thanks for the opportunity to send Spock's picture."

That explanation helps to show what an important bond there is between people and dogs. 'Fascinating Captain'.