Comments by "" (@CYMotorsport) on "When Animals Lose Their Biggest Fear" video.

  1. 6:18 I mean… you don’t know this mate. We can’t know this. It’s a pet peeve humans constantly assign human thinking to animals . Sometimes it’s true, but nuances might not. Eg it’s likely true they were so eager bc they heard a female. That can be applied broadly. To avoid humans? Notice how in all those copy paste articles no one ACTUALLY states how far that bridge was from where they entered the water at Queen Elizabeth to cross Kazinga. You see how long the bridge was? And how far the bridge exit was from their ultimate resting spot? Now compare the total distances. Idk why no one shows this. Not to mention, which of course you know but it wasn’t mentioned, he’s missing a leg. That’s another nuance that’s not just down to innate. A human poacher literally removed his leg via a trap. Lions avoid danger, not humans. Use my feral colony I care for. After 5 years they mostly trust me, but not humans. Literally no humans could pet one of these truly feral cats. That’s a micro example not related to longitudinal behavior changes but it’s tangential related to Jacob’s story. The brothers would not avoid “humans” as much jn other places . You failed to mention for example the bridge is defended by the Uganda military. Think of the amount of vehicles soldiers weapons etc. that’s different than “human foot traffic”. It’s possible Jacob was simply avoiding the bridge as his ability to evade directionally was reduced to nil along with being bottlenecked. Atleast in the swim he had control on his movements as proven by the 2 previous abandoned attempt as they wisely clocked a croc in the water trailing them at one point. People say a fed animals is dead. In my own personal limited experience with actually wild born feral cats, this is preposterous. It’s the extent this occurs is the issue. It could be done in a responsible way. I don’t coddle them and learned the best way to interfere. My structures to keep them safe and warm and feed still force them to run jump and also live their daily life. I don’t linger, I don’t play with them, and they in turn allow me to occasionally be around them without running while I fix or add on to the shelter or if I have to do some wound healing. And not always that. You have to really be irresponsible to have an animal lose its fear of normal danger to a human. And that’s what I hope we switch to adjusting. As Cesar Milan says, animals might be rehabilitating after traumatic or perilous events, but humans are the ones who need training. It’s often our behavior that negatively affects these animals. I could NEVER grab one of these cats. Unless I made clear why I was doing it through careful movements and often need to slow burn the desired outcome I want through subtle things. And I’m really grateful for not ruining their ability to be cats still as that’s where they thrive. They don’t want restrictions of domesticated life but sometimes require life saving help. It’s a balance humans struggle with. I can understand for these majestic creatures and ones people dedicate their lives too. I do get it. But ultimately I love your love for these animals and while I disagree with the often assigning of human thinking, it’s fantastic someone is so passionate about their behavior genuinely to provide the alternative viewpoint. I don’t consume much nature content I live in the literal middle of no where woods (aka my strong disagreement on coyotes with you - I take it you don’t have livestock and haven’t seen them ravage your animals) but this is really the only nature content I can tolerate and it’s a good one each time. Cheers bruv
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