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Losing a pet is always hard, which is probably what lead an individual to ask Yahoo Answers! why dogs cannot live as long as humans.
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A professional vet responds to the question with this tale of a young child, who answered the question with a tearjerking theory.
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“Animals already know how to do that.”
While some animals, of course, live longer than humans — this boy is absolutely right about the unconditional love given by dogs to humans.