Muna yawan jin cewa karnuka suna kama da masu su, kuma ba tare da dalili ba. A cikin shekarun da suka gabata mun ga yadda, kamar mu, suka rasa gashin kansu saboda damuwa, suna baƙin ciki da rashin wanda suke ƙauna kuma suka fahimci motsin zuciyarmu. Saboda haka, ba abin mamaki bane idan waɗannan dabbobi suka zo kwaikwayi hali na waɗanda ke kusa da su, wani abu da ilimin kimiyya ya tallafawa kawai.
Muna magana ne game da binciken da aka gudanar kwanan nan da ƙungiyar ta Jami’ar Vienna (Austria) kuma an buga shi a cikin mujallar KUMA KUMA, wanda ya tabbatar da cewa karnuka suna bin halayen mutane daga mutanen da suke zaune tare. Don yin wannan, masana kimiyya sun tara karnuka 132 tare da masu su, kuma suka binciki halayyar dukkan su yayin fuskantar wasu gwaje-gwaje.
A lokacin su, masanan sun lura da halayen dabbobi da mutane, suna sa ido kan wasu bayanai kamar bugun zuciya ko matakan cortisol. Bugu da kari, mahalarta mutane sun amsa ga binciken don auna matakan manyan halaye guda biyar: juyayi, rashin tunani, rarar hankali, lamiri da buɗewa. Bayan haka, sun kammala irin wannan tambayoyin game da halayen dabbobin gidansu.
A yayin binciken, masana kimiyya sun iya tabbatarwa, kamar yadda suka saka a karshen maganganunsu, cewa idan mai shi ya kasance mai matukar damuwa da damuwa, kare ma ya dauki wadannan halaye. Akasin haka, ma'abota nutsuwa suma sun kasance masu nutsuwa. Kuma karnuka dabbobi ne masu nuna damuwa ga yanayin motsin zuciyar mutanen da suke zaune tare dasu, saboda tsawon shekarun da suka kafa na musamman bond tare da mu.
A cewar Iris Schoberl, babban marubucin binciken, “Sakamakonmu ya nuna cewa karnuka da masu su dyad ne na zamantakewa, ma’ana, nau’ikan halittu biyu masu nasaba da juna, kuma hakan ciyar da junanku tasirin tasirin halayensu«. A zahiri, binciken ya ƙaddara cewa mutum ne yake yin mafi girman tasirin kare.