Are animals afraid of humans? I thought about this the other day. I was driving home as it was getting dark and on the side of the road stood three deer. I stopped and whistled to them, I wanted them to come closer and maybe stick it's head in my window. But, instead all 3 scattered in different directions. I'm wandering if animals sense fear from the presence of humans? Would a deer run away from a squirrel or a cat even an oppossum? Do animals fear animals? Or is it engrained in their brains over time since humans as a race hunt down animals? Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
A deer would run from a tiger. And I don't think a tiger would run from you lol. You kind of have to look at the species and such and dependent on that unique animals personality. Predatory or prey species is probably biggest factor, but there is a squirrel by my school that will run up to anyone and take food from your hands that little fucker isn't scared of anything lol Sent from my LG-LS980 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Conditioning matters As in the case of the squirrel he probably first ate scraps left around. Then someone probably threw food his way a few times. Then he learned if he gets close to people they might give him food. Then after a while of that he lost all fear of humans and would run right up to them On the other hand Deer or coyotes who haven't had much interaction with humans will just run
humans are animals too dude. a threatened animal runs. if it were not threatened by you it would not run.
Lol the other day I was getting ready for work and heard chirping and little claws coming from my window. I had the screen shut but the glass opened. I saw a little bird hopping around and biting at the screen. I got right next to the window and it just hung out there. I ran down stairs to grab some food for it but that little mofo was gone when I got back. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
Fight, flight or freeze http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg Also sometimes prey animals (such as rabbits, mice, deer )freeze instead of flight. It's basically stopping to see if the threat see's you. The goats have taken that to the extreme. This shows that evolution doesn't always produce something that works perfect, it just produces something. In this case people think fainting goats are cute so they breed more.
hahahahha that's hilarious, something as little as getting excited over being fed that's a fantastic. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Kind of unrelated but this is hilarious. <a class="bbc_url" href="">http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xz52XsAiKI</a> '> http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xz52XsAiKI Sent from my LG-LS980 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Every other species should be scared of use the way in which we destroy every fucking thing at an alarming rate.
Dogs are hard wired to look to humans for information about food/water and most of the time form social bonds with them
Dogs aren't hardwired to hard wired to look at humans for help. That is a learned trait. For instance feral dogs will behave the same way as coyotes or wolves. Dogs are genetically more passive for the most part compared to a wolf it seems. It isn't likely that humans would keep aggressive wolves back in the stone age. Animals act based on genetics (personality and intelligence) and their experiences.