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Recent research shows that Australian marsupials fear humans more than any other predator, reinforcing the view of humans as the planet’s most formidable predator with significant ecological impacts.
Australia is devoid of large, fearsome carnivores such as lions and wolves. Consequently, native marsupials like kangaroos and wallabies exhibit relatively little fear toward dogs and other introduced predators, likely due to their evolutionary inexperience with large mammalian threats. This, however, overlooks the 50,000-year-long presence in Australia of the world’s most fearsome predator – the human ‘super predator.
“These results greatly expand the growing experimental evidence that wildlife worldwide perceive humans as the planet’s most frightening predator,” said Zanette, a renowned wildlife ecologist.
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