!!! I would like to know if it is true that animals now when we areafraid of them .?

Question

some people says that if you are afraid of an animal(dogs bears tigers lions cheatas wild catsand bulls) never look at them in the face.

Answer 1

Many animals, especially mammals, communicate through body language, as well as odour.

Staring directly at an animal is a threatening display. If you are unwilling to back up that threat by attacking the animal, then you are just asking for a beating by continuing to stare at it.

If the animal is staring at you, and you are staring back, you are essentially challenging the animal to a duel. The animal may well be frightened, but if it detects that you are not willing to actually attack, it may feel compelled to attack first.

By looking away from the animal, lowering your head, and slowly backing away (still facing the animal), you are signifying that the animal is the winner, and you don't want to fight.

This works pretty well with carnivores (dogs, cats, bears) where they believe they are duelling over territory or dominance.

It doesn't work as well with herbivores, if the herbivore is viewing you as a potential predator. Backing away slowly may convince the herbivore that you are not intending to pounce, but if the herbivore still feels threatened, or if it feels you are really too small to be a credible threat to it, but might still harm its young, it may well charge anyhow. At that point, your best bets are running and dodging.

With a carnivore, running is one of the worst things you can do. It's likely to trigger their chase instincts, and they will now view you as prey. Your best options when a carnivore charges are standing your ground and attacking back (risky, but better than getting ripped open from behind), or playing dead. By playing dead, you will turn off their chase instincts, and they may well leave you alone.

Note that in some areas, the natural instincts of the animals have been totally screwed up by interactions with people. The grizzlies of Yellowstone are a famous example. It's not as bad anymore, but back when they were regularly fed garbage and such, they pretty much viewed humans as odd food sources. Playing dead didn't work, because the bears would just start eating. If you were carrying food, they would often charge without warning because they had learned that people would often drop the food when they did that. They were totally unpredictable, and even bear behaviour experts got mauled and killed with appalling regularity.

Answer 2

Looking into an animals eyes is seen as challenging and threatening and may provoke it into attacking.

Most animals can pick up a humans uncertainty and fear from their body language. When humans get scared the body produces adrenaline into the blood stream which prepares it for "fight or flight". It is possible that this produces increased and different pheromones given off through the skin and our breath.

Answer 3

I think it has much more to do with the sense of smell. Since humans perspire freely when afraid, they DO give out a distinctive odor at that time. Most animals have a keen sense of smell and can detect.

As for looking them in the eyes, that is a "challenge posture" with many animals, so you are, in effect, challenging their dominant position and this can cause them to attack.

Answer 4

Animals are beautiful. They are here for us. We humans have (Pheromones) when we have fear. When we fear the animals can sense this by this fear that comes from our bodies & alerts them that we are afraid. Like bees if they smell fear they zoom in immediatly for the sting. If you can keep quiet & not fear they may go away.

Answer 5

yeah, i think they know. Like horses i know they do for sure.

Answer 6

Yes they do.