Contagious yawning is a behaviour shared by chimpanzees, baboons, dogs and humans, and researchers said recently that wolves can do it too, suggesting that empathy among animals is a common trait.
The research in the journal Plos One focused on a pack of 12 captive wolves at the Tama Zoological Park in Tokyo, Japan.
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