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Living with Furry Friends, a free nature course on Tomo

Living with Furry Friends

Like Duolingo, but for Living with Furry Friends. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.

A short one: 26 levels across 3 sections, about 52 minutes end to end, roughly 10 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Speak Their Language, Meet the Famous Breeds, and Superpowers and History. It starts from scratch.

26 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free forever · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Cooper the Corgi, the guide who teaches the Living with Furry Friends course
Living with Furry Friends
with Cooper the Corgi
26
Levels
3
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in Living with Furry Friends

  • Wagging to the right indicates positive feelings or relaxation
  • High tail carriage signals a claim to status or alertness
  • Wagging to the left indicates anxiety, suspicion, or a desire to withdraw
  • Lowered or tucked tails signal a lack of confidence or a desire to avoid conflict
  • Identifying the emotional state based on tail wag direction
  • Mapping tail height to the social message being sent
  • A high tail helps spread the dog's unique scent from its anal glands
  • A tucked tail hides the dog's scent to remain 'invisible' to others
  • Tail height and scent signaling
  • Purr frequencies (25-150 Hz) can improve bone density and promote tissue healing
  • Purring releases endorphins that help cats manage pain and reduce stress
  • Cats embed a high-pitched cry within the low-frequency purr
  • This specific sound triggers a nurturing instinct in humans similar to a baby's cry
  • The biological function of purring during injury or stress
  • The specific acoustic modification used to manipulate humans
  • Purring serves different social and biological purposes
Why not just Google it

You've tried the other tabs

Wikipedia

Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.

YouTube

You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.

ChatGPT

One answer, then back to scrolling.

Online courses

Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives Living with Furry Friends the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

Try a question

Here's what playing it feels like

A real question from this course. Take your best guess.

Decoding the Doggy Tail

What is a dog usually saying when they hold their tail very high and stiff?

Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.

Course map

Where Living with Furry Friends takes you

Discover the surprising secrets behind your favorite pets. Learn how to read their body language and find out which famous breeds match your personality.

  1. 1

    Speak Their Language

    • What a Wagging Tail Really Means
    • Decoding the Mystery of the Cat Purr
    • Why Your Dog Tilts Their Head
    • The Slow Blink Friendship Trick
  2. 2

    Meet the Famous Breeds

    • Beagles: The World's Best Noses
    • Siamese Cats: The Chatty Socialites
    • German Shepherds: The Smartest Workers
    • Maine Coons: The Gentle Giants
    • Golden Retrievers: The Ultimate Best Friends
    • Sphynx Cats: More Than Just Hairless
  3. 3

    Superpowers and History

    • How Dogs See the World in Color
    • Why Cats Always Land on Their Feet
    • From Wild Wolves to Couch Potatoes

3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

How it's taught

You pick the voice

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Explain Like I'm 5

Living with Furry Friends is taught in the Explain Like I'm 5 style: no big words. promise.. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.

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