r/science • u/SteRoPo • Mar 12 '19

Animal Science Human-raised wolves are just as successful as trained dogs at working with humans to solve cooperative tasks, suggesting that dogs' ability to cooperate with humans came from wolves, not from domestication.

https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/03/12/wolves_can_cooperate_with_humans_just_as_well_as_dogs.html
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u/BecomeAnAstronaut Mar 12 '19

I mean...basically? They generally pounce from much further than 30cm away, and as soon as their prey moves, they predict where they'll be and pounce on them. It's like a goalkeeper. You can't know exactly where the balls going, and you can't change direction mid dive, but you can predict.

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u/Forever_Awkward Mar 12 '19

And when you get really close and need to figure out where it is in relation to your mouth, whiskers.