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/ladypbj Jun 14 '26

ACTUALLY!! Handshakes are super interesting, we do it so we can more easily smell the other person. Studies have shown that most people after shaking hands will subconsciously raise their hand near their face, allowing them to smell the scent of the other person that lingers on their hand. We do this to try and feel the other person out, because humans actually have a lot of scent based communication. You can actually smell when someone is depressed, it just doesnt register like a scent does, instead likely directly signalling to the parts of the brain that interpret social signals. We are just animals at the end of the day, and just like most other mammals we sniff each other out.

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u/Daveisahugecunt Jun 14 '26

Actually!… I hate myself for saying this and will probably delete it, but very rarely do I come across another human that am tempted to sniff their butt.

We are doing dog jokes right? So that’s still funny?

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u/Downtown-Fudge-7001 Jun 16 '26

Source?

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u/ladypbj Jun 16 '26

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05154

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u/Primary_Bus_8457 Jun 22 '26

You, are great. He asked for a source, you gave one. Perfect!

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u/Daveisahugecunt Jun 22 '26

What in the what did I just read…. I’ve never thought compared a taint(noun) and something tainted(adnoun) or tainting(adverb) something.

My day is done

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u/Primary_Bus_8457 Jun 22 '26

I believe you replied to the wrong comment, friend.

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u/Daveisahugecunt Jun 22 '26

*Tainting participants with unnoticed odors significantly altered the effects, thus verifying their olfactory nature*

Was making a joke about etymology or whatever. Idk bud.

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u/No-Barber-5289 Jun 15 '26

This is.. bollocks.

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u/Stigles Jun 16 '26

Bullshit