Why are mice afraid of cats?
Why are mice afraid of cats?
user
The biologist E.O. Wilson has hypothesized that there is an evolutionarily adaptive reason why mice are afraid of cats.
assistant
can you explain more
user
According to Wilson, a mouse that doesn’t fear a cat will not be frightened by the cat and will explore a distance that puts it in harm’s way. It is also a mouse that is easy to attack by a cat and will be eaten. This is bad for the mouse, and if a mouse is no longer in the population, it makes it more likely that it’s siblings and offspring will also not be afraid of the cat. This is the theory that is used to explain why there is natural selection to make the mice fear the cat.
assistant
Thank you
user