The circus is an amazing world in which not only people, but also animals “work”. Here you can see bears, tigers, lions, elephants and giraffes, hippos and kangaroos, monkeys and wild boars, not to mention dogs and cats. All of them regularly carry out the commands of the trainer. The only animals that you will not see in any circus arena are wolves. Why don't these predators "work" in the circus sphere?
What is the reason for this "discrimination"
It would seem that animals that are much more dangerous than a wolf, for example, lions, bears, tigers, become circus actors. Then why aren't gray predators attracted to the circus environment?
It should be said right away that in the history of the circus there really were cases of a trainer working with a wolf. In the USSR, there was a very good training school and real fearless professionals in the person of trainers. But this is rather an exception to the general rule. The trainers' lack of desire to interact with gray and proud predators is explained by two reasons.
The first is the nature of the animals. They are completely unpredictable. It is possible to predict how a bear, a tiger, a lion will behave, although knowledge of zoopsychology is required for this. But understanding the wolf is very difficult.
In a state of calm, the wolf understands everything and can even obey, perform certain actions, tasks. But as soon as he gets scared, the animal completely changes, and how it will behave is unknown. This is no longer the beast that was a moment ago.
Wolves are afraid of many things, even though you cannot call them cowards. The thing is that in captivity and in their natural habitat, animals behave in a completely different way. In the first case, the wolf is constantly under stress. Another sharp noise, screaming light from a spotlight can become a trigger, a signal for aggression. And if you can somehow contain it in the cage, then outside the cage the situation can get completely out of control.
From here comes the second reason - the predator's love for freedom. As soon as the wolf has even the slightest chance of escape, he will definitely use it. But even a wolf can be tamed. Only the person working with him must be very strong internally, to understand the predator not just from a half-glance, but on a subconscious level. Not many are capable of this.
It will be no less interesting and useful to find out whether all animals are afraid of fire: from which animals the fire in the forest will not save.