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Do birds avoid predators because of culture?

10,000 Birds

In particular, birds that hang around with humans who don’t happen to hunt or eat them can become very tame. If you capture birds (to make them pets) from the wild, and they get out, they are good at avoiding predators. If you take birds that have been pets for generations and they get out, they are bad at avoiding predators.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

Hare could run a very profitable shell game. It’s no coincidence that the two species that pass Hare’s pointing test also share a profound cross-species bond. Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy.

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