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Doesn't that imply that Apes/chimps, or even wolves and lions are able to recognize and identify weapons? Or that their fear of humans evolved at the same rate

• pyre 15y ago
  Maybe not in general as a species, but I find it hard to believe that on the scale of a single pack/pride/etc they wouldn't learn not to mess with (or at least be more cautious of) humans after 1 or 2 of their own were killed.
• pyre 15y ago
  Maybe not in general as a species, but I find it hard to believe that on the scale of a single pack/pride/etc they wouldn't learn not to mess with (or at least be more cautious of) humans after 1 or 2 of their own were killed.
• electromagnetic 15y ago
  Discovery has a program called "Into the Pride" with Dave Salmoni, where he tries to live closely with a pride of lions to decrease their territorial aggression against humans in a safari zone (because if they don't bring in tourist dollars they get put down and a new pride gets brought in). The lions certainly seem to understand that a spear is something they don't want to get close to. Even the overly aggressive seem to respect it, which seems absurd for a stick. The question is how long it took before animals started recognizing weapons. It could simply be a product of a stick increasing the persons silhouette, which makes us 'bigger' and the speed we can move it around at. Similar to why you're supposed to hold your arms out and wave and shout if you see a bear.