Eli5: Why do some wild animals seemingly allow humans to help them if they are injured or in jeopardy?
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Animals prioritise just like everyone else. Normally they prioritise staying away from you or using aggression to keep you away from them when cornered.
But when they’ve been completely exhausted by their predicament, possibly starving or dying of thirst, in a great deal of pain etc. They don’t prioritise running away from you very highly.
They’re most certainly not asking for your help. You just rank too low on their list of problems to bother wasting energy on. If you start touching them, they might very well reconsider that.
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