2 ms·

Them cat reacts because you have sprayed them at least once with it and it associated negative emotions to that action. It’s not like cats and orcas see a water

Them cat reacts because you have sprayed them at least once with it and it associated negative emotions to that action. It’s not like cats and orcas see a water bottle at birth and immediately know what it is and what will happen if it’s used against them. That is an entirely learned behavior from what you have done to them in the past with it. You can attach negative and positive associations with most items if you consistently do something. The OP’s point is that spraying them will do nothing because they are literally in a giant pool of water already. A spritz is literally not going to affect them at all. They probably wouldn’t even notice it happening nor be able to associate an emotion to it.

krisoft 2y ago
> point is that spraying them will do nothing because they are literally in a giant pool of water already Yeah. I mean obviously the water bottle and the rolled up newspaper examples were jokes. But I believe it would be much better for them if we could find their killer whale equivalent. Without that our options are "doing nothing, hoping they stop harassing boats", and "terminate them with extreme prejudice". We don't shoot Fido in the head on the first infraction. (At least most people agree on that with some exceptions [1]) But that is largely because we have better options. 1: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/26/trump-kristi-noem-shot-dog-and-goat-book https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/26/trump-kristi-n...