Why Your Dog Isn’t The Age You Think
Turns out I’ve been estimating my dog’s age wrong, because “just multiply by 7” is NOT a real thing!
The whole “my dog at 1 is like a human at 7, at 2 they’re 14, etc.” is not backed by any research! Instead, geneticists created this chart - and it’s CURVED.
What they’re measuring is the same kind of biological marker researchers are using to study how WE age!.
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#science #ageing #biology #dog #genetics
The whole “my dog at 1 is like a human at 7, at 2 they’re 14, etc.” is not backed by any research! Instead, geneticists created this chart - and it’s CURVED.
What they’re measuring is the same kind of biological marker researchers are using to study how WE age!.
To find out more, subscribe!
#science #ageing #biology #dog #genetics
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