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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. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, mountain lions react the same way.

Some bear species don't, but they're pretty much the only predator like that outside of Africa.