Contagious yawning between members of different species (interspecific contagious yawning) has been observed between humans and chimpanzees as well as humans and dogs (10–13). ... In humans, a contagious yawn can be prompted not only by seeing a yawn, but also by hearing or even thinking about a yawn (16, 17).

Is yawning contagious to animals?

They published their findings 17 December in Scientific Reports. Yawning is highly contagious in humans and in some other very social, group-living animals such as dogs, wolves, parakeets, chimpanzees and bonobos.

Can dogs catch yawns from humans?

A scientific study published Wednesday in the Royal Society journal examined the phenomenon, confirming that human yawning is contagious to dogs and expanding the body of research on the subject. The team examined prior data from six studies and a total of 257 dogs.