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This needs to be a well-defined psychological principle. I do stuff like this all the time
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Get good loot from a toolbox in Fallout? Gotta check them all now
My cats did the same thing when they found a mouse. They would stand guard where they first saw it for over a month afterwards.
My wife's Yorkie once chased a mouse into a kitchen cupboard. After moving apartments and a decade later, if you asked him "where's the mouse?" He'd run to the kitchen and stare at the cupboards
It's honestly not a bad strategy.