Every once in a while we have a profound thought. And then there’s the rest of the time.

Anyway, here are excerpts from an article on how dogs communicate by urinating, periodically interrupted by our comparisons to MySpace.

Dogs rely heavily on their acute sense of smell to communicate with each other by means of “scent messages.” There are many advantages to using scent messages, one of the most important being that they last for longer periods of time. So it is possible by means of these messages for dogs to communicate with each other without ever even seeing one another.

With MySpace, it also is possible to communicate without ever even seeing one another.

“Scent messages” can remain within the air for a certain amount of time and it’s really handy for dogs that live in areas where immediate visibility isn’t so good and therefore visual communication isn’t as effective…

For the same reason, MySpace first hit it big in L.A.

All animals use their urine to “mark” their territory, what this really means is that they want other dogs to know the confines of their territory as well as their social status…

MySpace measures social status by profile views (and TV appearances.)

Another very typical thing dogs do is urinate over a place that another dog has already urinated on.

MySpace: Friends list.

You may have also noticed how dogs dig at the ground with their back legs when they have just finished doing their needs; there are actually several different reasons for this behavior that include smell, one could be that the dog is trying to spread his smell more …

Oh, but aren’t we all?