Cumulative General Science/Technology Quiz
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The Great Head.
Mr. Squid?
Mr. Bug?
Mr. Bug?
Praying Mantis?
Mise
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Is it some kind of mammilian predator?
Mise
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Nah, cats look at you dead in the eye. That's why I'm thinking mammilian predator.
Yeah but almost all animals look you dead in the eye when threatened. To a cat the most egregious insult you can pay it when it walks into a room is to look at it in the eye. This says to it, "I am threatened by your presence." The best posture you can adopt is to turn your back on the cat and barely acknowledge its existence, which is incidentally what cats do to you when you enter the room, which most people assume is being aloof, but is really the equivalent of saying, come on over bud, I am not threatened by you. You'll find that's why people who hate cats, who adopt a posture of shirking away and not looking them in the eye often get pestered, because they are sending out all the wrong signals.
Most animals will look you square in they eye when it is threatened, that makes sense, but what animal will do it as a matter of course and regardless? Cat's are a perfect example of an animal that would rather not look anything in the eye and will only do so when challenged or when making a challenge itself.
Dogs look people in the eye all the time. It helps them read our faces.
I don't know what animal El_Machinae is thinking of, but it's likely to be a social predator; predators have forward-facing eyes that they can focus on a specific point, and use vision especially. Social animals are more likely to use eye contact.
I don't know what animal El_Machinae is thinking of, but it's likely to be a social predator; predators have forward-facing eyes that they can focus on a specific point, and use vision especially. Social animals are more likely to use eye contact.
More divergent than that!I'll go with some kind of reptile, probably a lizard. Iguanas and some geckos have some wild-looking eyes.
I haven't seen anything about Squid eye contact
And if you find something about bugs making intra-species eye contact, it would (again) change my view of that behaviour.
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So far, Shee is the closest. Though 'predator' is a really good clue.
sepamu92
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Some kinda bear?
Sharks it is! This month's Smithsonian has an article on Great Whites, and they've noticed that the shark will look people in the eye: when they're in the water or when they're on a boat. The theory is that eye-seeking behaviour evolved because mammals are a main prey for Great Whites (seals, iirc), and seal eyes are actually a decent source of information for the predator.
It's so distant that I can't help but think that it's a type of convergent evolution.
Eye-seeking behaviour is a fairly ancient pathway, and I believe that it's an essential component of an animal evolving "a Theory of Mind". Many animals are born with the instinct to seek out 'eye contact', which shows how deep it is in our brainstem. One of my pet theories is that autism is connected to a breakdown in the eye-seeking instinct, and thus it hurts the child's ability to form a Theory of Mind on an intuitive level.
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It's so distant that I can't help but think that it's a type of convergent evolution.
Eye-seeking behaviour is a fairly ancient pathway, and I believe that it's an essential component of an animal evolving "a Theory of Mind". Many animals are born with the instinct to seek out 'eye contact', which shows how deep it is in our brainstem. One of my pet theories is that autism is connected to a breakdown in the eye-seeking instinct, and thus it hurts the child's ability to form a Theory of Mind on an intuitive level.
Brighteye is up.
Mise
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No ?
ok: yes then
for breathing - i.e. to generate your breathing rhythm - so that you don't have to remember to breath
It's where they generate insults for robots. Useful in apocalypse scenarios.
Bot-zingers.
Bot-zingers.
name this little ursine fellow and tell me why some people believe it is the first known alien life form on earth 
Catharsis
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Ah, so you downloaded the Spore Creature Creator demo, too.
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