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1. Thomas Fuchs 🕹️🔭 (thomasfuchs@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-May-2019 14:37:16 UTC Thomas Fuchs 🕹️🔭

   Sofa buddy

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   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2019 01:36:19 UTC Bernie

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     @thomasfuchs Actually, those bloodshot red "third eyelids" confer a bit of a murderous look to your sofa buddy 🙂

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nictitating_membrane

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2019 01:45:25 UTC Bernie

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     @thomasfuchs Sorry, no offense implied... I just got curious why some dogs have those membranes pigmented in red... and how it affects how humans react to them.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2019 01:48:47 UTC Bernie

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     @thomasfuchs I read that selection pressure has favored dogs with floppy ears, big sad eyes and baby faces, making humans more prone to take care of them and feed them well.