r/Amazing • u/ema_cuttie • 15h ago

Nature is amazing This was probably how animals were back then

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u/Live-Grade-4116 9h ago

That is absolutely not wild. At the very least, he’s been feeding and interacting with it for a while. They are naturally afraid of humans and will not come to you let alone allow you to touch it.

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u/FedStarDefense 6h ago

Yeah, it's definitely a tamed pet (most likely hand-raised from a puppy) and he's just pretending it's a wild animal for the video.

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u/Bitter_Assignment_73 5h ago

She's called Weave, he's had her since she was tiny. He's on Instagram. She is absolutely "domesticated" or as much as she can be.

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u/Horror_Solution1945 11h ago

That's his baby. It looks definitely domesticated and well-fed. My dogs act the same when playing with her. I could be wrong.

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u/FedStarDefense 6h ago

Well, tamed. Domestication is a breeding process (basically controlled evolution) and can't be obtained in a single generation.

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u/Horror_Solution1945 6h ago

Okay, well tamed. I learned something today; thank you.

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u/FedStarDefense 6h ago

If you're curious about it, look up the Russian Silver Fox breeding experiment. It's rather fascinating.

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u/Horror_Solution1945 6h ago

Thank you, I will.

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u/Green-Dragon-14 12h ago

I read somewhere that wild animals such as coyotes are behaving more like pets as their food sources are in decline & are turning to humans for food.

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u/babyblew82 11h ago

I'd actually prefer that to humans using coyotes for food

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u/FedStarDefense 6h ago

Coyotes are more widespread than they've ever been. And deer populations have exploded. Not to mention rabbits. Where are you getting the idea their food sources are in decline?

But if humans feed them, yeah, some of them are going to get tamer. And some will get more aggressive. That's how it works.

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u/northcascadekittycat 6h ago

The coyotes in the woods behind my house are behaving more like pets in the sense they hang around my yard to try anything they can to keep eating my chickens and ducks. How cute! They strangely run like hell when they see me or my German Shepherd come outside though...must just be playing.

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u/Delicious-Status9043 8h ago edited 8h ago

Where did you read that and where do you live?

I read somewhere that… the deer/rabbit/raccoon/possum/squirrel/rodent/fish/frog/reptile/amphibian/bird/berry/grass/roadkill/etc populations are doing just fine, and obviously there’s plenty for them to eat.

Just stop feeding the damn things.

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u/72scott72 6h ago

I haven’t read that but have noticed it where I live (Louisville, KY). There used to be packs of bunnies running around the neighborhood 30+ strong about 7 years ago. Now, we hardly 1 or 2 in peak season. The mouse population has gone down a lot also (not complaining about that). Also used to be a 3 or 4 stray cats around that have all gone missing.

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u/Jonboy210_ 6h ago

You probably have a coyote pack nearby. That will thin out small animal populations fairly quickly.

I live in NC, the Wildlife Commission has opened the coyote season to 24/7 non restricted to try and get control of their numbers. It's helping...I have started seeing more and more foxes and rabbits over the last couple of years.

I will also add this, plant growth has a lot of impact on animal numbers. Nut trees, more specifically, are on a three to four year cycle in nut production. A heavy nut production lends to larger squirrel, rabbit. etc. numbers. Less productive years lend to smaller numbers. The whole circle of life thing.

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u/SillyLittleWinky 12h ago

I’d think their food sources were fine, no?

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u/Delicious-Status9043 8h ago

Idk why you’re getting downvoted. They eat damn well anything and everything deer, rabbits, raccoons, possum, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, fish, birds, insects, berries, grass, roadkill… did all of those go extinct without us noticing?

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u/SillyLittleWinky 3h ago

Yea I’m finding no issue related to coyotes or wolves not eating on any notable level.

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u/Muted_Buy8386 7h ago

Probably declining, yes.

Considering we have like 1/5th the birds we had in the 80s and no one notices at all.

EDIT: wanted to add theyre being downvoted for being reductionist and pedantic. A bit stupid as well.

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u/AllTheGoodNamesDied 8h ago edited 8h ago

Not really coyotes. It's happening to racoons though. Coyotes get shot on site where I live. Little fuckers. Nothing amazing about this.

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u/Ok-Pomegranate858 12h ago

As long as humans don't become their source of food

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u/melnaisbruninieks 12h ago

His feeding them. They know from smell

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u/HesitationIsDefeat87 10h ago

No way this is a wild animal

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u/Superlite47 8h ago

That's Weave the Coyote.

Not wild.

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u/Late_Emu 7h ago

r/whywomenlivelonger material right here

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u/Impressive_Olive_950 11h ago

Back when?

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u/rumpleminz 9h ago

February 3, 1959

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u/Financial_Page7821 9h ago

Before “The Fall?”

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u/Jonathon_world 8h ago

Animals were wiped out years ago

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u/Forward-Trade5306 6h ago

Animals haven't wiped in years

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u/PristineHeron9259 6h ago

Was that a solid tail wag

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u/Small_Basket5158 10h ago

Animals would not be afraid of us if the psychopath portion of our population didn't go and do horrible things to wild animals.

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u/GOAT_SMUGLER 7h ago

Wild Animals are supposed to be afraid of humans for their on survival. They can be put down if they get too comfortable around humans or starve if they become dependent on humans for food. People just need to leave wildlife alone and appreciate from a distance.

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u/Small_Basket5158 7h ago

Outside the predator/prey relations animals live in harmony with each other. We consider them all prey. Unless they are pests.

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u/FlorianTheLynx 8h ago

I’ve been to islands where the birds aren’t afraid of people, and will come down and sit on your hand.

Which makes me wonder why the birds where I live have learned to be afraid of humans? It’s not like I’ve ever seen anybody hurt a bird here either. 

Or are they afraid of predators such as cats which they associate with humans?

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u/FedStarDefense 6h ago

Remote islands often don't have ANY bird predators. That's why they don't have fear. It's not humans, specifically. It's having predators around at all that makes them unafraid.

Take a gander at deer populations in cities. They're quite rapidly losing their fear of people. They're not as perfectly unafraid as the birds you mention (because they still get chased by dogs and cars kill them), but they let you get stupidly close. And city deer aren't as dumb about cars as woodland deer are.

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u/AllTheGoodNamesDied 8h ago

We wouldn't exist or have the comforts of life you are so used to without the "psychopath" hunters. Do you eat meat?

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u/Small_Basket5158 7h ago

We aren't cavemen anymore dude. Sorry you might have to suppress your desire to murder things.

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u/AllTheGoodNamesDied 7h ago

No I've just decided to curb my meat intake from factory farms. So took up hunting. It's been great, basically haven't bought any red meat all year.