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submitted 2 years ago by jordanlund@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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Giraffes, leopards, elephants, and rhinoceroses all were more scared of human voices than lion roars.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's less that we are actually predators and more that the animals there react to our voices as though we are scarier than lions.

The video is fascinating.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

as though we are scarier than lions

We are.

[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

A lion can't shoot you from hundreds of meters away