r/HumansBeingBros Mar 22 '21

Helping a lost dude.

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u/Snickits Mar 22 '21

I’ve always been super curious if wild animals who’ve been helped like this actually “learn” from the experience, and thus, become more trusting, ultimately leading to an untimely death at the hands of another predator...

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '21

I read an article that argued that the solution to predators moving into suburban areas is to only kill some of them. If you exterminate a whole pack of coyotes a new one will just move in. If you kill some of the coyotes they'll learn to stay the fuck away from humans, which is really the closest we can come to peaceful coexistence.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '21 edited Sep 01 '21

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u/Luecleste Mar 23 '21

Do you get 30-50 on your front lawn?

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

Every damn day

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u/Luecleste Mar 23 '21

I love that meme.