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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Larry Greenemeier. Got a minute?
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2 .The advent of smartphones, social media and other technologies have altered the way people interact with each other.
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3 .Just watch a group of people out for a meal together, all on their phones texting people who aren't there.
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4 .Technology may also be poised to change the way we relate to animals—by removing the living, breathing ones from our homes.
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5 .The main threat to pets is not social media, per se, but rather robots and virtual FarmVille-like animals.
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6 .These inanimate objects of our affection are certainly easier to care for than are the real ones.
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7 .And they still might someday meet their owners' needs for companionship, love, obedience and dependence.
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8 .That's according to University of Melbourne animal behavior researcher Jean-Loup Rault, writing in the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
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9 .The infiltration of fake pets is already happening to a small degree.
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10 .In Japan, some owners of Sony's AIBO robotic dog even hold funerals when these devices are beyond repair.
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11 .Our concept of a pet gets shaped at an early age.
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12 .Previous generations born and bred with dogs and cats might dismiss robopets as mere toys.
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13 .But children of the digital age, raised on touchscreens and online games, might see things differently.
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14 .One can imagine a future fake-dog owner breathlessly asking his vet technician: is Fido dead, or is it just his battery?
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15 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Larry Greenemeier.
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