Comparing the reactions of wildlife to human voices and lion voices, this chapter explores a research study that found wildlife were more likely to run and responded faster to human voices compared to lion voices, suggesting that the human voice signals danger to animals.
Ian Sample meets the conservation biologist Liana Zanette, whose recently published research demonstrates that humans are now the super predator, inciting more fear in wild animals than even lions. She explains the ramifications of this knowledge for conservation techniques and the protection of endangered animals. Help support our independent journalism at
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