Animals probably can’t understand humans at all. If they could talk they would probably ask questions like… Why do they live inside huge boxes? How come they save their food and burn it before eating it? Why do they go everywhere in metal machines? Why do they bend over to photograph us every time …

Chickadees are able to communicate with one another about the type and degree of threats. (For example, they tend to be more concerned about small, agile predators that can fly.) So we kind of do know what the think about us, or at least what they communicate. We are…kinda scary, sometimes? But, …

Can a butterfly distinguish a human from a mud puddle? Both are sources of salts. [image] isopodguy: Reptiles would wonder why we don’t shed our skin. If the reptile was in the changing rooms at the beach, or in a locker room, it would see that we do shed our “skin.” But then it would wonder…

Why do we destroy forest just to build some boxes? Why do we sow grass by those boxes? And why to we cut the grass to the ground, then pour poison on it?

[image] jasonhernandez74: But then it would wonder about why we put on different skin. i always think about how confused my snake must be, looking at me like “now why is that creature putting on a new skin?? they just shed the old one??”

Birds have been wondering “Why do humans carry around those silly little things on strings around their necks that they use to block their view of us whenever they look in our direction?”

“Why are they so happy to see me? They’re holding a small box up towards me and tapping it!” Or, what my backyard birds probaby say: “There is The Seed Giver! Observe as she gives us the finest offerings!” I was thinking about this the other day. When I was about seven, I had a hyperfixation on fla…

[image] jasonhernandez74: Can a butterfly distinguish a human from a mud puddle? They know I’m not mud, at least. Considering how quickly they disappear when I try to photograph them… But perhaps they just don’t like their picture being taken and would fly away from mud puddles too if those …

That’s a strange thought. Sentient mud puddles with cameras. :laughing:

i’m pretty sure sometimes the chickadees are cussing me out. I had a conversation with a bear once that was very clear to both of us, i think. It was embarassment. We both were being careless in our environment and startled each other in a way that could have gotten very dangerous. We both made a s…

What do animals think of humans?

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drinkingjetfuel October 17, 2024, 10:30pm 6

the turkeys where i live seem to find humans scary, but not when in cars, so i would love to know what they are thinking. and i think all the little critters that randomly get cameras in their faces must be so confused whenever that happens

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What do animals think of humans?

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