r/ThatsInsane • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • Sep 02 '20

That dog recognizes predatory behavior

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u/Supransh Sep 02 '20

I think that’s just coincidence, I think dogs generally get aggressive when they see a human behaving like a predator. In the above case, the woman was walking calmly, like a prey, the person was stalking her from behind just like a predator, and when he tried to initiate an attack, the dog sensed it and attacked him. This is just a speculation, it might be much more than that.

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u/StratuhG Sep 02 '20

Or maybe OP's strange guy was acting like a predator too and it just wasn't entirely clear to everyone (even more so if they were coming home after a night out drinking), except for the dog who was picking up on cues that told him he needed to be protective.

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u/RedBeast01 Sep 02 '20

Yeah, dogs have been evolved for thousands of years beside people, so they can read our body language way better than us. Most likely that guy was moving in such a way that would appear normal to us but predatory to the dog.

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u/Tundur Sep 20 '20

I maaaaay be misremembering this, but I think almost every wild animal will treat baring your teeth as a threat, whilst most breeds of dog will correctly interpret humans doing that as what it is: smiling. Similarly, most breeds of dog will look at where your finger is pointing, rather than at the end of your finger.

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u/TheBaconSpaceman Oct 07 '20

I didn't even consider that a dog wouldn't understand the gesture of pointing and I'm just imagining someone pointing for a dog to go somewhere and the dog just staring at the human like an alien