human as a predator – Michael Broad

Human chit-chat terrifies wild animals (infographic)

May 22, 2024 by Michael Broad

Scariest sound for animals is human chit-chat

Humans conveniently forget that they are the world’s deadliest and top predator. And wild animals (and often domestic animals) know it. They understand. They’ve learned over eons through humankind’s persecution of wildlife that we are to be feared like no other predator. To a herbivore, the fiercest lion is less terrifying than us. This …

African wildlife more frightened of humans than big predators like lions

October 7, 2023October 6, 2023 by Michael Broad

African waterhole and animals where they fear humans more than lions

I’ve always thought this but now a study confirms it. The typical wildlife, including large animals such as zebra and impala, that drink at waterholes in Africa are more likely to flee when they hear the faintest human conversation than when they hear the sounds of the most dreaded predators in Africa. Clearly, these …