loss of an animal’s fear response to people arising from frequent non-consequential encounters, passive reduction of flight distance from humans. There is no substantial human-animal relationship. Habituation results in man’s neutral significance for the animal in a certain situation. This means, looma põgenemisdistantsi passiivne vähenemine inimese suhtes. Harjumise tulemusena ei teki mingit sisulist inimese-looma suhet. Inimesega harjunud looma omailmas on inimesel neutraalne märgilisus teat, looma hirmuvastuse kadumine inimeste suhtes sagedaste tagajärgedeta kokkupuudete tulemusena