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Letter: Yawn together

Published 23 November 2011

From Jan Chamier

Tortoises may not yawn contagiously, as per Feedback’s report of the Ig Nobel prize (8 October) but our old ginger cat, who has turned soft and now likes sitting on the sofa between my husband and me when we watch TV, will almost always yawn if he spots either of us doing so.

I would like to think this is empathy, but have my doubts.

London, UK

Issue no. 2840 published 26 November 2011

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