Humans believe that they are the only creatures that vote on any thing they wish they do but some researchers have proved them wrong.

Some researchers from University of New South Wales, New Zealand followed five packs of wild dogs in Botswana for 11months and discovered that dogs do vote just as humans do.

They found out that these dogs vote on whether to go on hunting through sound like sneezing.

The scientists already knew that the dogs had a very specific social pattern, called a "rally," wherein the pack would come together and boisterously greet each other.

According to Neil Jordan the leader of the research team, they found out that rallies were generally initiated by one dog, who "rose from rest in the distinctive initiation posture: head lowered, mouth open, and ears folded back"

Jordan said in a release that they "noticed the dogs were sneezing while preparing to go."

So the researchers went over recordings of 68 rallies and "couldn't quite believe it when our analyses confirmed our suspicions...

The more sneezes that occurred, the more likely it was that the pack moved off and started hunting. The sneeze acts like a type of voting system."

Even more interesting, however, is that dog democracy is as imperfect as the human version.

When a dominant male or female dog called the rally, fewer sneezes were needed to start the hunt.

Study co-author Reena Walker added, "If the dominant pair were not engaged, more sneezes were needed—approximately 10—before the pack would move off." In other words, some votes count more than others

Walker told The New York Times that the noise they called "sneezes" isn't really like a human sneeze. There's no inhalation, just an "audible, rapid forced exhalation through the nose." We also aren't sure that this noise is involuntary, like a sneeze, or more like a person making a grunt of assent.

Source:[url]http://petsarena.com.ng/2017/09/see-how-dogs-cast-their-votes/
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