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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cignus_pfaccari" data-source="post: 3809596" data-attributes="member: 14557">That's an awfully blanket statement that animals have no clue about what's dangerous and what isn't.  Generally, it should be obvious that they often will, for things in their experience.  (Ankh-Morpork Guard pretty much says the same thing, BTW)Specifically, I've had a mother cat hiss at my mother, brother, and me until we stepped away from the car because one of her kittens was in a spot where it'd be run over.  (She was using that point as a waystation for moving her litter)My parents' dog has picked up and carried kittens out of the driveway to make sure they wouldn't be run over; she had never seen anything get run over by a car, but had an appreciation for what might happen.  The same dog knows that skunks are bad, and will give them a respectful distance when escorting them away from the house.  (That this dog had a habit of playing in the road and once managed to catch the truck she was chasing is possible evidence of a higher power that watches out for fools...and she runs from Mom when Mom comes out with rubber gloves, because that means flea treatment)Now, both of those examples illustrate the point, which is that if they are completely new to their surroundings, they might be unaware of hazards or dangers.  But if they aren't completely new, they'll develop an idea of what's dangerous and what's not.  This may mean a period of natural selection, as they learn that there are potential predators about or that traffic is bad.  Brad</blockquote>

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