Oh bugger. I forgot the link. I guess I need more coffee today.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-ethical-dog

But yes, I understand where Straight Arrow's coming from. My point in posting this is that religion (and those who follow them) try to teach us that the only thing giving us morality is religion, whereas this research shows that that isn't true.

"We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect." Ambrose Bierce