How animals can tell something is wrong

 In the midst of trouble animals always know when something is going wrong or when it's about to happen. This is called fear conditioning which is when you can see in every animal on the planet. This has a lot to do  with their sense of their flight or fight mode. But more scientifically  it has to do with manipulating activity of specific neurons of the zebrafish brain. 


There have been many times we as humans have seen this either live or recorded on some type of media outlet. It's things like this that we all don't actually truly understand. This sense that these animals get is truly incredible because humans can  get the same ability as these animals do. Many Scientist do a lot of research on rats when it comes to collecting data because they are the closest thing to humans. This is where more information can be used on other animals as well.

Fear Conditioning in Rodents and Humans | SpringerLink

Animals are great at remembering feelings and understanding this by keeping this as a resource they use to be able to survive. Animals' senses are better than humans are when it comes to understanding the things that are about to happen or they are feeling in the moment. The one animal that has not been found according to scientists and doctors has been fish; they have not been able to find the same fear conditioning. 

One-third of freshwater fish face extinction and other freshwater fish facts | Stories | WWF

In years there have been  few animals that have been fearless and even the most aggressive. But they all still at the end of the day meet their demise which is death which is because they never truly developed their flight or fight mode. The few animals that can be named right now have to be shown the fearless rabbit that will still be killed by foxes and other predators but also the dodo bird that was fearless but killed by sailors and other predators. When you think about humans they tend to fear strangers especially if they are a young child. That's how they have adapted to their fear conditioning in the human aspect.  

Dodos May Have Been Smarter Than We Thought | Time

When developing these skills and traits it has been something that has been going on for generations along being able to remember as well. These are things humans are studying to better understand the animals around us and how we can protect ourselves along with the animals doing the same.


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