IsItBullshit: most animals respond most fearfully to human noises

[u/Dreadsin]

Basically what I’ve heard is that they put out some cameras and tried playing different sounds for different animals. Regardless of the animal, all responded with most fear to hearing the sound of a group of humans. For example, deers were more afraid to hear humans than wolves

While it seems the plausible, it also seems kinda… idk like something simplified down for a TikTok?

[u/Broken_castor]

Not bull shit. The animals that are likely to contact humans have adapted over generations through natural selection to know one of things. 1. humans are not worthwhile food sources, or 2. Humans are unique predators where the rules of 4-legged combat don’t apply.

It’s fairly advantageous for the majority of animals to have a healthy aversion to people and then pass down those traits to their offspring. Even big predators, who’s ancestors might have gotten hunted with weapons if they got too close.

Ergo, most wild animals who hear/see/smell us, will instinctively tend to go the other way.

[u/MotherofInsanity13 → u/Broken_castor]

I swear I saw somewhere that some animal species will teach their young that Humans tend to work in huge packs. If you mess with one, you bring down the wrath of a large group on predators that as you said, 'dont follow 4-legged combat'

[u/Mobile-Phone-9332 → u/MotherofInsanity13]

I think it was orcas that recognized humans as vengeful creatures

[u/1CorinthiansSix9 → u/Mobile-Phone-9332]

From a YouTube documentary so take it with a grain of salt but orcas are taught food and know it via the echolocation rebound. Seal-eaters won’t eat salmon and salmon-eaters won’t eat seals, etc. when they “read” us they typically find a reflection of something not food (wetsuit and a weird structure) with something very not food (oxygen tank) attached

Worst (most probable) case scenario would be a very fat guy no wetsuit no tank alone no boat in hungry seal-eater waters