# How Can My Dog Watch TV?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 17, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-my-dog-watch-tv/7478 "2000-02-17T20:10:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-my-dog-watch-tv/7478/21 "2000-02-18T14:22:00Z")

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RomeDogg asks:

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> Well, all these talks make me kinda curious. Dogs and cats are kind of above average in inteligence level in the animal world. But how would there TV viewing compare to that of a rat? Or a cow? Does anyone have any stories of there pet snake watching TV (I’ve heard that TV has effect on Tropical fish, but I can’t remember where)?

I had a friend who had a mina bird that would only say things she heard on TV. She loved to say “book 'em Danno”, but of course, that one got a lot of reinforcement.

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> Also, what about Chimps? They supposedly have the inteligence level of a three year old. . .but do they watch TV?

Ever watch Lancelot Link? Chimps are much more comfortable in front of the cameras… not to mention producing late nite TV programming… well, it seems like chimps.

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