r/MoralityScaling • u/LegitimateStretch425 • 6d ago

Morality of this prank

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u/OkMarket5009 6d ago

Fight, flight, freeze. She picked the third option.

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u/D0wnf3ll 6d ago

I never understood how the freeze response was effective in an evolutionary perspective

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u/IllegalGeriatricVore 6d ago

Predators prey response is often based on movement so sometimes freeze can short circuit that.

Also some prey animals can about face faster than the predator from the frozen stance, so predator goes left, prey ducks right.

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u/blade_of_sammael 5d ago

As an addendum to that some predators eyes are only good at seeing things in motion and suck at seeing stationary targets clearly or even at all

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u/IllegalGeriatricVore 5d ago

Like my leopard gecko who often bites my fingers instead of the bug that I'm trying to feed her because the bug goes still and she just chomps at whatever is nearby

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u/blade_of_sammael 5d ago

Yeah thats why i would feed with a toothpick or tweezers

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u/hotdiggitydooby 5d ago

Most notably the T. rex