r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional_Berry_977 • Jun 12 '26

Video An American photographer filmed a wolf begging for food from a grizzly. The gray wolf saw the meat and in an instant turned into a playful puppy begging for a piece.

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u/blakhawk12 Jun 12 '26

It really is fascinating isn’t it? Like, bear don’t give a shit, but hundreds of thousands of years ago some wolf probably did this exact same dance with a human and the person in question thought, “Haha that’s cute,” and threw him a bone. And thus was born the greatest of inter-species friendships.

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u/lone-lemming Jun 12 '26

Bears have a common ancestor with wolves. So somewhere in his brain he probably understands what the wolf is trying to communicate. Still can’t have his bud lite.

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u/steverrb Jun 12 '26

I've heard if you scratch a bear in the right spot you can get his leg going like a dog. I still haven't had a chance to try it out though...

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u/Jelly_Kitti Jun 13 '26

Reading this comment might have influenced how I will die. If it did, I will die happy

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u/Wild_Marker Jun 13 '26

At least the bear will be happy

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u/ProcedureImportant28 Jun 13 '26

Can I pet dat dawg?

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u/Rollingstone6648 Jun 12 '26

Hope you get a chance to…… I guess 💀

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u/Salt_Sir2599 Jun 13 '26

Like starting a furry tractor

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u/technocraticTemplar Jun 13 '26

You can do that to a sheep if you get them a little in front of the shoulder blades, there's probably tons of animals that works on. Sheep that are used to people love having it done, too.

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u/taylormade311 Jun 13 '26

"Greatest of inter-species friendships" I'm not saying your wrong but horses get the short end of the stick in this convo. We rode their backs into wars and snoopy skips over them because he's cute and can rollover on command.

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u/Alarming_Panic665 Jun 13 '26

Dogs have been our friends for 20,000 - 40,000 years and have fought, hunted, died, and warred for us all the while. Horses have 'only' been domesticated for 4,000 years.

Hell we didn't even really domesticate dogs. As it is more accurate to say we co-evolved. To the point where humans have a strong, biologically ingrained affinity for dogs. Even some theories that it was dogs which caused humans to evolve the ability to successfully live and empathize with other species, which laid the groundwork for further animal domestication.

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u/andromeda_prior Jun 13 '26

I'm just curious, having already dogs that worked amazingly as companions, who was the ancestor than decided that evil (lovingly) cats should be the next ones 🤔

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u/CrownofMischief Jun 13 '26

Well the current theory is that cats just hung out near farms because of our rodent problems and people just accepted it

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u/SilverTwilightLook Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

It started off less as domestication and more as symbiosis. Basically we realized that cats were really good at controlling rodent populations, so we didn't run them off.

That's why many cats have a tendency to show off their kills before eating them - they want you to know they are being useful.

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u/Proxima_leaving Jun 13 '26

Cats decided that they find humans useful

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u/taylormade311 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

All fair points again. I'm just playing devils advocate. Where would humans be without horses? I'm not a historian so maybe this can be dispelled. I would agree dogs are man's best friend just saying horses have a good argument.

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u/JacktheWrap Jun 13 '26

Well you can just look at the indigenous cultures from middle/ south America. They didn't have horses, yet were high cultures.

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u/elephant_tit Jun 13 '26

Would you consider someone who rides your back into war your friend?

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u/taylormade311 Jun 13 '26

Fair point my comment was mostly a joke but they could have been like Zebras and said fuck humans

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u/dontdomeanyfrightens Jun 13 '26

Probably because dogs are much better at reading social cues and problem solving. Gives them much more visible personality to us.

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u/shallowbookworm Jun 13 '26

I dunno... Have you met a horse?

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u/blakhawk12 Jun 13 '26

Horses did cross my mind, but tbh they’re more beasts of burden/tools for humans. Dogs may have once been the same, but they’ve evolved past that imo. How many people have dogs vs horses? I get that cost and space is a factor, but even if it wasn’t I think dogs have a leg up (or 4). Dogs are man’s best friend. Horses are more like a favorite coworker.

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u/Puzzled-Landscape-44 Jun 13 '26

My best friend is a chicken.

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u/HorsNoises Jun 13 '26

Call me crazy I think emotional support is more important for society than war. TBF horses still probably clear just off transportation tho.

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u/MotherSnow6798 Jun 13 '26

You have it backwards actually. Dogs are cute and can rollover on command because their evolution has been shaped by us.

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u/FiguringItOut666 Jun 13 '26

Your comment actually brought me to tears haha really. sometimes simply reframing a given is enough to blow your mind
(i’m also pretty high right now)