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Humans are now the African savannah’s top predator (www.popsci.com)

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Giraffes, leopards, elephants, and rhinoceroses all were more scared of human voices than lion roars.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Really interesting article. I don't doubt the conclusion of these animals fearing humans. But I do wonder whether this is fear of humans in particular, rather than fear of noises they've never heard before

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

That's what I was wondering. Maybe some sort of uncanny vally impact where they can hear humans talking but not be able to see them.

I was thinking too that it could be some frequency thing from the audio playback, but if that were the case, the reactions would be the same for the lion noises and hunting noises.