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Or maybe the author has read too much into it! Maybe it's just a drift of the instinct animals have for their offspring, an association error of the animal's br
by sinuhe69 2y ago
Or maybe the author has read too much into it! Maybe it's just a drift of the instinct animals have for their offspring, an association error of the animal's brain. Not unlike the mistake they make when they eat (and sadly die) from plastic litters.
- actionfromafar 2y agoThe question "why" has several "layers", if you will. A drift off instinct can be more than "just" something. Many of our own behaviours must have some roots in such drifts, yet are more commonly discussed in terms of culture etc.
- Timwi 2y agoWould this imply that humans’ propensity to keep pets is also an association error in the brain?
- ElevenLathe 2y agoI think a tendency toward animal husbandry, either genetic or cultural, is just clearly an evolutionary benefit. We domesticated all the various things we keep as pets and livestock for what were good reasons in the ancestral environment, even if those reasons don't persist for most people today.