Comment on Dogs may have domesticated themselves because they really liked snacks, model suggests
luciole@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Inversely, it feels almost instinctive for humans to offer treats to animals they meet. Despite science being clear it’s a bad thing to do, it’s really hard to convince people not to feed wildlife for example.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Also petting them, we just want to pet anything especially if it’s somewhat fluffy and soft, even if that’s really not a good idea (and i don’t mean “haha i wanna pet the crocodile” i mean petting parrots, which is a sex thing for them and makes them VERY confused and frustratedly horny)