The Big Bad Wolf Is Afraid of You | Researchers found that the predatory canines were far more likely to flee recordings of human voices than they were to run away from other sounds.
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PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 4 days ago
Makes sense. Out of all the possible sounds a wolf can hear, a human voice is probably by far the most likely to kill you if you don’t GTFO.
silence7@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
Yeah, mountain lions react the same way.
Some bear species don’t, but they’re the real exception.