How do pets manipulate us?

Top 3 genius manipulators

• Birds
  

Our Top 3 is opened by birds: parrots, canaries and other tamed birds. If you think these pets are unsociable and not human oriented, you don’t know them well!

In practice, every self-respecting parrot knows how to lure the owner into the game, take away an appetizing treat from him or beg for a walk around the apartment. And for this he has a lot of different tricks!

The bird can stretch on one leg and look at you attentively, tilting its head slightly and causing a stormy stream of tenderness. Or it can go into an aggressive attack: aggressively surround you, seeing your favorite treat in your hand, or grab it right on the fly.

Here’s a defenseless bird for you!

• Dogs
  

We give the second place in the Top to dogs!

The story goes that dogs are man’s best friend. However, this does not prevent them from skillfully manipulating us!

Dogs are great at visual responses, sense our weaknesses, and mimic our behavior. Your dog may be impeccably obedient with you and be completely indecent with other members of your family.

A technique that has been proven over the years: seize the moment when the owner is not around, choose the “weak link” from those around you, put your head on his knee during dinner and look as plaintively as possible. The treat will definitely arrive! So claim later that your “educated” dog never begs for food!

Harvard scientists, and scientists at the Vienna University of Psychology with them, are convinced that dogs deliberately imitate human facial expressions and gestures.

Even if your four-legged friend executes commands at a glance, do not be sure that you are the master of the situation!

• Cats
  

And, of course, cats come first! These cute villains brought all of Ancient Egypt to its knees! And if you think about it, we still worship cats today.

The power of cats over us is unlimited. We often seek their attention, we are touched by the velvet purr, we admire the grace of a cat and become completely inadequate when we find our pets sleeping in funny poses!

Scientists from the University of Vienna are convinced that cats deliberately establish a close emotional connection with their owners and use different tactics to do this. They can behave like children, hint a little, immodestly demand and, of course, be capricious. In addition, insidious pets never just fawn! Be sure if the cat gently pokes your hand – she needs something from you!

But manipulation geniuses wouldn’t be themselves without a secret weapon. Cats have sounds! Studies conducted at Cornell University have shown that the range of sounds for communication with a person in cats is much wider than for communication with relatives. These manipulators emit sounds of a certain tonality, which are unmistakably interpreted by our ear. Already someone who, and cats know how to show us their interest or, on the contrary, unwillingness to communicate with us.

While we were touched by the cat’s paws, the cats studied us up and down and developed a special language that unmistakably affects us. Even if a person has never dealt with cats, the tone of the cat’s “meow” affects him in the same way as an experienced “cat breeder”!

A group of scientists, led by Karen McComb, claims that for a mournful meow, a cat chooses a range similar to the crying of a child. And all so that we quit our affairs and rushed to their aid. Or brought a toy. Or a tasty sausage. Or changed the filler in the tray. In a word, every wish was fulfilled!

You can think endlessly about the ways of manipulation. However, here it is a fact: our pets know how to manage us. To do this, they have enough charm, cunning, and childish spontaneity (agree, that’s another set!). Well, how can you resist?