Eli5: Why do some wild animals seemingly allow humans to help them if they are injured or in jeopardy?
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because they’ve given up. they figure they’re already basically dead, there’s no reason to waste effort on these humans approaching them.
There was a cat, seemingly feral, that clearly hurt his leg and kept getting close to me when I was outside but would hobble away every time I tried getting closer. Never could figure out what their plan was. Never saw before, haven’t seen since. It’s like it wanted me to know it was hurt but didn’t need anyone. Very strange.
I have often wondered about this.
I had a dog that wouldn’t let me go anywhere near him if he was hurt, heaven forbid trim his nails, or treat a wound.
I have another dog that let’s me tend his wounds without any protest at all.
What is up with that?
Last year a mother duck came quacking to us. She showed us her babies fell down a storm drain. So we borrowed a big metal crowbar from a landscaping company at the bottom of our road, opened the drain grate, and scooped them out with a pool cleaner screen.
Soon as she had them all they all waddled away towards where a marsh is nearby.
She totally came and asked for help.
This is not the case *most* of the time but when it is often people who approach understand how to communicate their intent to be un-confrontational using body language. ex-With a injured dog u can avoid eye contact and approach backwards
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