The cover of Time caught my attention earlier. This is BiBi, an 8 year old female pug from New York City. She is illustrating an interesting article on science revealing how smart other species can be – and raises new questions about how we treat them.

Dogs, of course, have long been known to display all kinds of intelligent behaviors, but the most impressive, say experts in animal cognition, is the canine’s ability to understand what pointing means.

No other species understands that an extended finger indicates that there is something in that direction that is worthy of its attention. You can read the full article  here