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Feb 2024
1h 42m

Pet Telepathy (Dogs, Cats, Parrots, Jayt...

JIMMY AKIN
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Some pet owners feel a special bond with their pets and at times they even seem to know what their owners are thinking. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine whether people really can have a telepathic connection to their pets and look at what the scientific evidence says.

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