Emphasis on the behavior. Most people tend to misunderstand animal behavior in popular videos online (remember that video of the crow that was supposed to be 'helping' a hedgehog across the road that was viral on here a few years ago).
When you see a video of an animal doing something outrageous, ask yourself: Is this animal demonstrating a thought process that can be reasonably expected of this animal?
It's true that a dog might stop at a perceived pit in the middle of a floor! They can see and understand the concept of a hole in the ground.
A few years ago I brought my service dog to an aquarium for the first time, which meant a lot of new experiences for her while she was working. As I stepped into the shark room, I was surprised to feel a tug back on my waist and turn around to see she'd stopped at the threshold. The floor was a literal shark tank, and she thought she was about to walk into water. So she stopped and stared at it just like these dogs. I called her forward, and she took a cautious step, realized it was solid ground, and walked on back to work.
What she wouldn't have done in that situation is grab one of the many toddlers walking by her into the room and throw them to test the floor. She might watch them walk ahead of their own volition and see how it goes for them. Dogs are smart enough to observe actions and outcomes. But a domesticated dog breed isn't thinking, 'woah, that looks dangerous. I don't want to get hurt, but let me just throw someone else into the abyss and see what happens.'
If this video had no AI tells whatsoever (there are some people point out in the comments), my next step would've been to check the page that posted it. I would expect a skilled animal trainer, someone doing the sort of animal work that's employed by film studios, who painstakingly trained all three animals to participate in this as a sketch.
It is true that every day animals exhibit behaviors that blow us away in their intelligence, uniqueness, and even their absurdity. But if you watch a pet video in which a pet appears to do something unbelievable as this, and it's not clearly a trainer's project, look closer.
Anyway here's Little Bird after I heartlessly led her into a tank of sharks
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