The relationship between pets and humans is the cover theme of the new episode of "Noos - The Adventure of Knowledge". What are the behaviors and characteristics of animals, and what emotions do they share with humans? Elisabetta Palagi, Primatologist and Ethologist at the University of Pisa, will explore the themes of empathy between animals and humans, play, and the social dynamics that characterize them. To what levels of empathy can the bond between sapiens and animals reach? Are there stages or behaviors that allow us to understand the strength of the bond with our pets? "Noos - The Adventure of Knowledge" will be shown at the Applied Ethology Laboratory at the University of Padua, one of the few centers in Italy entirely dedicated to the study of dogs, where Lieta Marinelli and Paolo Mongillo study dogs' cognitive abilities.