Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Wolves are more adventurous than dogs when gambling for food

Humans are considered to be risk-averse. 
Research study has shown that dogs too believe in guaranteed pay-off over the possibility of a greater reward while wolves pursue a all-or-nothing strategy. 
Both wolves and dogs were faced with the choice between an unpalatable food pellet and a 50-50 chance of either palatable meat or a stone, wolves chose the risky option in 80% of trials whereas dogs did so in only 58% of trials. 




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