The social intelligence and emotions of animals is the basis for Buck’s emotions toward the humans in the story and the other dogs. Dogs have evolved to be able to pick up on humans’ social cues so they could live peacefully with us. (“How Smart Are Animals?”) Being a dog, Buck can be civil with John Thornton and other humans because he has evolved to do so. An example of the social intelligence of animals is an experiment in which two dolphins were asked to work together to create a trick. They were given a short amount of time to confer. Once they were done, they did, in fact, perform a new trick that they had created in that time. (“How Smart Are Animals?”) The dolphins’ ability to work together toward a common goal shows that dogs, too, can work together towards the goal of driving the sled without being forced because of a shared desire to do
The social intelligence and emotions of animals is the basis for Buck’s emotions toward the humans in the story and the other dogs. Dogs have evolved to be able to pick up on humans’ social cues so they could live peacefully with us. (“How Smart Are Animals?”) Being a dog, Buck can be civil with John Thornton and other humans because he has evolved to do so. An example of the social intelligence of animals is an experiment in which two dolphins were asked to work together to create a trick. They were given a short amount of time to confer. Once they were done, they did, in fact, perform a new trick that they had created in that time. (“How Smart Are Animals?”) The dolphins’ ability to work together toward a common goal shows that dogs, too, can work together towards the goal of driving the sled without being forced because of a shared desire to do