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Dogs may have domesticated themselves because they really liked snacks, model suggests (www.livescience.com)

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[–] luciole@beehaw.org 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Also petting them, we just want to pet everything 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)