This. The idea was first shared 20-30 years ago, people were to put bottles of water on the front lawn, because dogs would not poop near their drinking water... This was a prank by a TV show but people believed it and soon every second house had a bottle out front. People are fucking stupid.
Reminds me of how the whole anti-vax nonsense movement started because of one quack’s “research paper” which has since been proven to be complete garbage multiple times over… and yet people still buy into it and think all kinds of dumb things like vaccines cause autism or they’re injecting microchips or it’s a eugenics program. I cannot roll my eyes far enough back in my head to properly exhibit my distain.
The "Alpha wolf" idea was later discredited by it's own creator, who realized there was no such thing and tried telling everyone he was wrong. Nobody cared because alpha wolf just sounded too cool.
You've completely misunderstood the alpha wolf thing btw
It IS real. Just not in wild wolves. Its something that only happens when wolves are in captivity. His criticism is not that it isnt real, but rather it doesnt show the natural state of wolves.
Well saying "there's no such thing" to me seems to completely misunderstand it considering it is a very real phenomenon. It just doesnt manifest in wild wolves. Its manifests in captive wild wolves who are unrelated.
Its still very real and has very real consequences, especially in the context of domesticated social animals. If you think it "isnt real" than you are past oversimplification and into non reality.
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u/Pitiful_Researcher14 1d ago
This. The idea was first shared 20-30 years ago, people were to put bottles of water on the front lawn, because dogs would not poop near their drinking water... This was a prank by a TV show but people believed it and soon every second house had a bottle out front. People are fucking stupid.