I taught 3 goldfish to swim through 3 hoops for a school project one time. You can teach almost any animal to do stuff.
Monitors are so cute, if only I had the time/space for one...
oh no why are they so cute
of course you can train a lizard, you just have to carefully monitor it
[QUOTE=mikerocks;52969123]I taught 3 goldfish to swim through 3 hoops for a school project one time. You can teach almost any animal to do stuff.[/QUOTE]
Except cats
[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;52969224]Except cats[/QUOTE]
I've met a cat who shat and pissed in the toilet and knew how to flush it
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;52969231]I've met a cat who shat and pissed in the toilet and knew how to flush it[/QUOTE]
Cats, like any animal, can be trained to do things in exchange for positive reinforcement
[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;52969224]Except cats[/QUOTE]
I trained my cat to not sit on the dinnertable if there's no cloth on it and she won't. Only once she jumped on and she realized her mistake midjump and jumped off again the moment she touched the table.
But can you train a dragon?
That part about "capturing natural behavior" is very smart, makes it much easier for the animal to understand whats going on.
[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;52969224]Except cats[/QUOTE]
My cat plays fetch better than my dog.
I want to pet his wrinkles
Reminds me of this video
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-zGIS-WWZQ[/media]
[QUOTE=JeSuisIkea;52969971]But can you train a dragon?[/QUOTE]
My partner has two 'bearded' dragons and he trained them to do basically what this guy did, they have to sit on a ledge if they want to be let out.
Though all those lads want to do is get to things that are really warm like the case of his desktop
[QUOTE=Mynamewontfi;52969371]I trained my cat to not sit on the dinnertable if there's no cloth on it and she won't. Only once she jumped on and she realized her mistake midjump and jumped off again the moment she touched the table.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I did this with my cats and for the longest time I thought I had done a good job training them. Then I noticed traces of cat activity on the table and set a trap by putting flour on it at night. Needless to say there were cat traces in the flour the next morning. At this point, my suspicion was that I simply hadn't trained as well as I thought, possibly not taking into account a change of behavior during night activity.
The next encounter was when I started sneaking out of my room quietly until one time I caught him on the table at which point he saw me looking at him, immediately panicked, jumped off and started doing 5 regular normal cat activities all at once in a very hectic manner, signifying that clearly nothing is wrong.
So I have trained my cat to not jump on the table but only in combination with my presence. Once I leave the room its party time
[QUOTE=archival;52969134]Monitors are so cute, if only I had the time/space for one...[/QUOTE]
time and space are unified man.
so its really only one small problem when you think about it tbh
Lizards are cute as fuck. I don't own any, but I own a turtle, which is similar in some ways.
[QUOTE=JeSuisIkea;52969971]But can you train a dragon?[/QUOTE]
can't train what don't exist
My love for lizards has already been so high, but this is informative and adorable.
[QUOTE=Rixxz2;52971487]can't train what don't exist[/QUOTE]
:xfiles: Screw bringing Dinos back to life. I want me a mutant lizard with wings!
goannas are highly intelligent, and i believe the lace monitor comes in as the most intelligent reptile in the world.
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people literally walk these things on leashes and have trained them to respond do a name or noise.
[QUOTE=Tetsmega;52970968]Lizards are cute as fuck. I don't own any, but I own a turtle, which is similar in some ways.[/QUOTE]
Well I mean they ARE lizards, so they're more than similar. :v:
[QUOTE=Nidhogg;52972433]Well I mean they ARE lizards, so they're more than similar. :v:[/QUOTE]
I'm really hoping you meant 'reptiles' instead of 'lizards', because turtles are definitely not lizards. Two totally separate Orders of Reptiles. Now you've gone and given me flashbacks to memorizing tons of phylogenetic trees for my Herpetology class and that is NOT ok.
I wonder if that can work with iguanas
[QUOTE=postal;52972475]I'm really hoping you meant 'reptiles' instead of 'lizards', because turtles are definitely not lizards. Two totally separate Orders of Reptiles. Now you've gone and given me flashbacks to memorizing tons of phylogenetic trees for my Herpetology class and that is NOT ok.[/QUOTE]
Look what you did. You triggered Postal so hard he went proper grammar, poor fella...
[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;52969224]Except cats[/QUOTE]
The myth that cats are assholes that can’t be taught things needs to die because it’s just perpetuating behavior and perceptions that cause people not to bother even trying. It’s an endless cycle.
“Cats hate water!” - no they don’t, you think they do and then you never introduce them to it and they never learn.
“Indoor cats hate being outside!” - yeah, because you never showed them the outdoors so now they’re petrified by the vastness of the sky where as they were used to the limit of a ceiling.
“Cats can’t be taught to stay off counter-tops” - TINFOIL, BITCH. Cats hate that shit. Line your countertop with it for a week and they’ll stay off of it forever.
The list goes on.
[QUOTE=Coyoteze;52973310]The myth that cats are assholes that can’t be taught things needs to die because it’s just perpetuating behavior and perceptions that cause people not to bother even trying. It’s an endless cycle.
“Cats hate water!” - no they don’t, you think they do and then you never introduce them to it and they never learn.
“Indoor cats hate being outside!” - yeah, because you never showed them the outdoors so now they’re petrified by the vastness of the sky where as they were used to the limit of a ceiling.
“Cats can’t be taught to stay off counter-tops” - TINFOIL, BITCH. Cats hate that shit. Line your countertop with it for a week and they’ll stay off of it forever.
The list goes on.[/QUOTE]
Chickens are another animal people underestimate. I wouldn't go as far to say they are intelligent, and common sense is so far removed its not even funny. But they do have individual personalities, explore the world around them, and can learn. My parents even have a rooster that recognizes my car and runs up to the driver door immediately and has a lot of trust in humans.
[QUOTE=Coyoteze;52973310]
“Cats hate water!” - no they don’t, you think they do and then you never introduce them to it and they never learn.
[/QUOTE]
Most cats do hate water but not because water is wet, but because their fur(if they're not very short furred or furless) gets waterlogged and starts to weigh them down. Another reason can be that most of their prior experiences with water are sudden and often uncomfortable due to owners using water to punish them for bad behavior.
You shouldn't really need to introduce your cat to water so you can give it a bath, as they can groom themselves just fine. Only if they have a condition which prevents them from grooming would you need to do so. Or if they've gotten extremely muddy or have any other very sticky substance on them that won't come off easily.
However there's plenty of breeds that do enjoy water on their own, such as the Maine Coon.
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