Gácsi Márta, Miklósi Ádám, Topál József
ELKH-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group Budapest Hungary.
Department of Ethology Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Hungary.
Ecol Evol. 2023 Sep 19;13(9):e10514. doi: 10.1002/ece3.10514. eCollection 2023 Sep.
In their recent paper, Hansen Wheat et al. (, 2022, , e9299) claimed that hand raised 23-week-old wolves showed the same attachment behaviour towards their handler in the Strange Situation Test (SST) (, 1969, , 111) as dogs. At first glance, their results seem to contradict previous findings that domestication caused a unique change in social-affiliative behaviours in dogs (, 2005, , 1367). We argue that no persuading evidence was presented to claim that "wolves can show attachment behaviours towards humans comparable to those of dogs". When dealing with a behaviour system (, 1977, , 1184), the subjects' behaviour must meet consistent criteria (, 1978, , 417), and a few behavioural preferences should not be used to claim the presence of an attachment system, especially, if the experiment violates basic assumptions of the original test. We believe the intriguing scientific question is whether the dog-owner relationship is qualitatively different from what could be observed in the wolf-hand raiser relation. Assessing all available data, our answer is still yes; dogs are unique in this respect.
在他们最近的论文中，汉森·惠特等人（2022年，e9299）声称，在陌生情境测试（SST）（1969年，111）中，人工饲养的23周大的狼对其饲养者表现出与狗相同的依恋行为。乍一看，他们的结果似乎与之前的研究结果相矛盾，之前的研究表明驯化导致了狗的社会亲和行为发生了独特的变化（2005年，1367）。我们认为，没有提出有说服力的证据来声称“狼可以表现出与狗类似的对人类的依恋行为”。在研究一个行为系统时（1977年，1184），受试者的行为必须符合一致的标准（1978年，417），而且不应该用一些行为偏好来声称存在依恋系统，特别是如果实验违反了原始测试的基本假设。我们认为，有趣的科学问题是，狗与主人的关系在性质上是否与狼与饲养者的关系不同。评估所有现有数据后，我们的答案仍然是肯定的；在这方面狗是独特的。
