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Are you more of a cat or a goat? A 2021 study concluded that cats generally prefer to have food freely accessible, but other studies have found that many animals, like goats, choose to work for their food. It's called contrafreeloading. They'd rather open a door to get their food, instead of eating food freely available less than a meter away.
Some researchers think they do this because they're looking into alternate food supplies in case there's ever a shortage. Others just think it's stimulating. And while domestication and breeding for productivity has been found to influence this kind of exploration, it doesn't lead to contrafreeloading, at least not in goats.
One 2020 found that dwarf goats bred as pets and dairy goats bred to make milk both contrafreeload.
Some researchers think they do this because they're looking into alternate food supplies in case there's ever a shortage. Others just think it's stimulating. And while domestication and breeding for productivity has been found to influence this kind of exploration, it doesn't lead to contrafreeloading, at least not in goats.
One 2020 found that dwarf goats bred as pets and dairy goats bred to make milk both contrafreeload.