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calf was hard enough, but now that Wild Thing weighs over a ton, RC wouldn't survive the hits, so he had to find new ways to remind Wild Thing who's boss if Wild Thing comes out. here breaking a door or something and trying to get through it, he can't get out most of the time. I can go there and open it with one hand because I unlock it and I open it and he thinks I'm very strong because I may have been there for an hour or two trying to get through that door, but I go there and I do it like it's nothing and he

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ly believes who will look at me and say, wow, I can grab it. by the cuckolds and he thinks I have them, you know, I don't have them, but he thinks I have them, oh my God, this is where I'm dominant here, they don't like their cuckolds being messed with, it's amazing, you can do it.

Know? Can you accomplish that and even touch him like you just did without him retaliating? I can't help but think that every time he charges at the door it's like you're taking up too much of my time with RC, back off he has a lot of love that I never would have thought this type of

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there is no doubt and like if he's in the house and he needs to go to the bathroom he'll go to the door if he's in the house and if he's in the house, he comes into your house, yeah, and uh, if he's in the house and he needs to go to the bathroom and he doesn't want to use the bathroom in the house, I need to see this, do it, open the doors if you have to close the door. you know, this is definitely the stupidest thing I've ever done in my life, this is crazy, he'll definitely come into the house, oh my god, oh my god, M, that's funny, he could still come up to me and smell me . a little scared wow he has

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ly beautiful eyes I can't get over how gentle he is with everything RC well that's what surprises me about him because I didn't teach him to be gentle, he just happens to be very gentle around the house. and very aggressive and very bad outside the house, all of this comes down to a kind of territory.

The Paddock is his territory and he knows that you, this is your territory and you are the dominant male, so he has to be respectful of that. Do I think I think that's what it is? I think when he is in the house he knows this is my area and he needs to respect my area. Yeah, I heard something was knocked down. You see, by the time he came back out he was trashing the place. Can I follow you or is it too dangerous? You can follow me as long as he can be among you. You're sure?

Hmm, you never potty trained him for lack of a better expression. I never did it. I have no idea how you would potty train. a buffalo, but you must realize that he knows that everything I do is for him. I never do anything that is against him, it is always for his protection or his happiness. It is an exceptional buffalo. Then he will come here and he will eat with me, let's go. He's fine, he's following through with the food. Oh, you have to take a look at this. I would never have thought that he would see such a huge, powerful and unpredictable animal that he behaves so cautiously in a house.

All the decorations around him he sniffs gently. He literally tiptoes around RC's house. It's completely surreal to see RC manage to maintain a strange appearance of domestic Bliss with Wild Thing spending time watching TV, mowing the grass and even swimming with him and since Wild Thing thinks RC is the dominant male in his small pack, he certainly seems to always be will behave carefully around you. Strong leadership may allow you to maintain a close bond with some unpredictable animals, but I have come to South Africa to meet a man who has worked his way up an incredibly sophisticated animal hierarchy by doing it the same way. the animal way I want to know what he has learned about animal behavior from his close interactions with some of the most intimidating animals so far.

Hyenas are famous for their brutal scavenging ways. Hyenas can weigh twice as much as an adult wolf, so I feel quite relieved. I've got a cage between me and this clan of spotted hyenas, a lot of stuff going on right here, Jers, hello, oh you know what it's easy to see how hyenas can be a little unnerving. I mean, they are made for power with their strange weight. postures and when you think about their high-pitched squeaks and laughs and the way they scavenge aggressively, they can seem quite cunning and cunning, but in reality all of these traits point to a very intelligent animal and that's why what Kevin Richardson does is even more amazing.

Kevin has worked with large predators for most of his adult life, but a few years ago he created his own private reserve so he could fully integrate into this hyena clan. He did it to study his behavior and change people's perceptions of what he is. A much feared animal, hyenas live in a large enclosure, but they are far from tame. These animals have a very complex and fluid social structure, all governed by dominance and how each finds their place in the pecking order if Kevin isn't careful. There is always an individual who will try to overcome it.

How the hell did this come about? This relationship you clearly have with these hyenas. My career actually started with hyenas. Quite a while. You know, they became my passion. a lot, yes, I wanted to know everything about them, okay, let's let them finish it all. It is important that you pay attention to this. Yes, very important because they are dominating this individual. Okay, they're trying to push him away and his posture is submissive, yeah, he's submissive, yeah, which is good, so it's okay. I didn't notice anything different and immediately you're chatting and you stopped and you're okay, something has changed, I learned from your mistakes that you made.

I learned the hard way, right? Yes, I have learned with hyenas, it is always the hard way that they react, they bite you and then they ask questions, then let's put it into perspective for you. I have been working with large carnivores for 15 years. I have been hospitalized five times for hyena and never for Lan. I was bitten very badly about 6 weeks ago. Aena thought it was a good opportunity to try to fight for status in this clan, so she went for me. In a very aggressive way she bit me on the arm and leg and that caused the rest of the clan to want to participate in the whole thing.

There's probably a reason why many people around the world don't work with these. Guys, I wanted to ask you about do you know where you see them in your Clan? Are you a hyena in their eyes? Their behavior towards me is treating me like an individual in their Clan is exactly how they treat each other and that is why I get my fair share of bits because they don't hold back so why would you want to do this when you are aware that it can be dangerous? What I think is that the risk has actually been mitigated over the years by getting to know people and There's no way I just say "hey, I'm the hyena whisperer." I can go in with any group of hyenas and do what I do with these guys.

This is a relationship that has been developing with some people for over 14 years. I'm not going to this don't leave them yeah sh stay for the camera look at that look now that's just ridiculous look at that teddy bear I mean come on it's like you're behaving with him like he's a dog you know well once the energy it dissipates and once they are okay with you, now they have smelled you and see that you are not a threat and calmed these animals down, it is just amazing what you can do with them, I mean this guy, he desperately wants to be scratched Chin.

I can see that Kevin has worked very hard to earn the hyena's trust and that allows him to play with them in a way I never thought was possible, but even this time we spend playing together gives him a chance to learn about their social structure. and how you can maintain your position within it. K I mean, all this kind of stuff I'm doing here is asserting my dominance, so it seems like a game, but he also feels like I'm not you. I know to submit to something that he does and that I'm actually playing with him in a dominant way, so I'm doing things to him that I wouldn't normally allow other individuals to do to him, that he was more dominant, um, who was he. more dominant, so it's interesting.

I'm using affection because he comes to me for love and a tickle and a scratch on the chin and all of the above, but I'm dominating him and I'm not hitting him. I know I don't have to, it's a bit of a psychological game, what do you get out of this? So do you think why they made you do this with these hyenas? Well I'll tell you what I mean, this is as enriching for me as it is for them, I mean the fact that I'm tickling this hyena and his chin and he's using it like a Bonkers Kevin at rest, yeah it's amazing, I mean, don't get me wrong, it still amuses me. watching my friends, um, though, the other thing I really hope it does is it shows people a different side of them and hopefully people who watch a show like this would walk away and say, you know what I never knew what hyenas were. they actually like them, they're actually very similar to my dog ​​in a way, it's fascinating to watch you interact with these types of animals, you know, like you said, they have a kind of creepy reputation, fearsome reputation and they're absolutely goofy with you. and so loving and don't seem to care at all, it's pretty surreal looking at that guy so it's okay just let me know anytime, something like this is just a bit, I can't believe it's okay. he's totally fine, I know you're Hina's hat, but this is ridiculous, it's completely fun, it's exciting for me, I can't believe I'm so close to one and they're so nice, well can I touch your nose?

Hello, oh, come. Seeing the bright side, oh I really am, yes, I don't want to be taken to a total sense of security, but now you're just adorable. Kevin has an extraordinary relationship with these hyenas by combining his knowledge of each individual and their position. in the hierarchy and with his ability to assert his dominance when necessary, it seems that Kevin has truly become one of the gang and, in doing so, he is proving that hyenas are definitely not as intimidating as many people would have you believe. There is another side to these. Animals are incredibly gentle.

I have a real feeling of affection from this particular one who is enjoying a good scratch on the back of the ear at the moment, but they are also quite shy, some of them are quite shy when they approach the cage, you already know. Their eyes are wide open and they approach very cautiously, but from time to time their canines return. I guess that's another instinctive behavior to remind me of. Hey, I'm pretty scary too. You know I'm pretty harsh, but they are fantastic animals. I really get a sense of their individual personalities. This is just exciting.

The nature of the

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animal pairs I have met so far is really complex, but the people involved are trying to fulfill a very

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instinct to care for others. Find Companions and. To better understand the world around us, but to find out what we can learn from looking at all these strange pairings, I'm talking to Professor Hal Herzog, who has studied human-animal relationships for more than two decades. What do you think we can learn about relationships between species? In all their shapes and sizes, I think what they're telling us is what we have in common with other species: on a deep level, animals have the same kinds of abilities to form relationships, form attachments, and play, and they have the same abilities .

The fundamental thing for me is this: I believe that in our relationships with other species what we see is a reflection of human nature in some aspects, its purest form and the best and the worst of human nature, which for me is the best . What's really fascinating about this whole area of ​​study is that there is one last partnership that I want to investigate because to me it really reflects the best of what the human animal bond can be like, not only do both parties benefit, but here the

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animals have chosen to instigate. a relationship with us I have traveled to southern Brazil and the coastal town of lagona to see it with my own eyes here in this cove on the Atlantic coast the locals have formed a relationship over many generations with a specific group of

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animals dolphins dolphins help the fishermen fish, in fact the fishermen in this bay don't even cast their nets unless the dolphins are present, it seems so strange that a bunch of men are standing in front of their waiters doing absolutely nothing, just standing there, there's a dolphin so there's two dolphins there definitely breaking the surface but they're standing there doing nothing still this is extremely peculiar what's happening makes me think something's going to happen here oh that's amazing okay okay, I'm starting to understand what's going on.

For one month a year, schools of mullet migrate towards the coast, the dolphins guide the schools to the coast exactly where the fishermen are. Then, at the right moment, the dolphins make a signal, usually a distinctive dive, and the fishermen cast their nets to catch the fish. Below it is absolutely clear that the dolphins are the ones calling the shots here, these guys absolutely do notnothing, they just stay there with their nets and only when the dolphin gives a very strong signal, do they deploy them so that the dolphins can tell the fishermen how to fish.

That's new and completely crazy. I had never seen anything like it. This is the most intricate type of interaction between two completely different species that I have ever seen and it is simply wonderful to see because the fishermen are absolutely focused on getting their tail off a dolphin and having fun while doing it, aren't they? There is a fabulous energy on this beach. They really enjoy working with the dolphins. Go with the help of the dolphins. These fishermen are very successful just a few miles from shore. The same mullet. Schools migrate, but since no dolphins help the fishermen there, they hardly catch any fish here.

The dolphins have developed a relationship over generations that has resulted in a thriving local industry. I meet local scientist Fabio Dar Jeor from the University of Santa Katarina to find out exactly. What's going on? This is such a surreal scene. Yes, there is a real energy in this. It is not like this? There is a dolphin that is caroba caroba. Is he a well-known individual? Yes, yes, they are the most famous dolphins. We have Fabio here watching this from the shore. It's absolutely mind-blowing, yes, it's fascinating what exactly is going on here. Yes, in fact, the Dolings are bringing the mullets closer to the Fishman so what he is doing right now exactly is in the middle of the channel and the mullet is probably here so when the doin makes a specific signal the fishermen know the right times to get through the nets the fishermen are benefiting why on Earth they are When the dolphins do this, we hope that when the fisherman passes through the nets in the water, he also pushes the mullet towards the dolphins, very easily for the dolphins to get the mullet when the NS sends some mullets or if you're going to escape and that's exactly the Reward the dolphin can enjoy, so it's a mutual symbiotic relationship dictated by the dolphin, right?

I mean, they make the decisions exactly exactly, yeah, come on, I want to go, I mean, how hard could it really be? It's a little slippery when you put your teeth in. in my mouth, exactly, oh, I'm afraid, go, go, go, thank you, thank you, autographs later, I can't believe they clapped, that was complete nonsense, great, I caught a mullet, good job, something incredibly happening special. Here I want to say that we have known for a long time that dolphins are intelligent and we have many accounts of dolphin-human interactions of all kinds, but this dolphin-human interaction is very real and very genuine and is incredibly complex on both sides.

There are a whole series of intricate behavioral cues and these are wild dolphins that have chosen to come here and form a relationship with these fishermen that is mind-blowing. I have had an extraordinary journey in these two programs and have found relationships between different species. that have really surprised me, many of them have been formed as a result of powerful natural instincts that seem to endure no matter the circumstances or have arisen through an increasing understanding that some people have of the animal kingdom and what is clear is that Animals relate to each other and to us in a much more complex way than previously thought possible, but it has also been an extraordinary reminder of how obligated we humans are to have animals in our lives.

I think the reason we are so fascinated by other animals. It could be due to the fact that in all these unknown shapes and sizes in all these different species we recognize familiar traits and behaviors and I think that is what fuels our fascination and compels us to want to know more if we are lucky enough to share it. a mutualistic bond with another species, so two animals that took billions of years to evolve found common ground, respected each other, and even communicated well with each other, that's pretty remarkable, right?