Animals Gaze Following
Discussions center on animals' ability to detect and follow human gaze or pointing gestures, with examples from videos of dogs, pigs, and other species, and comparisons to instinctive predator-prey behaviors and herding strategies.
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Because we're scanning for predators?
Some animals pretend to be more dangerous than they are by mimicking colors etc.
Won't predators learn eventually not to get fooled by that?
Plenty of animals can tell which way I'm looking, and can teach each other things.
It’s what all animals do, why is it weird?
Try interpreting the observation of animals & humans through a lens of their behavior being similar given certain contexts.
Anyone knows if this can also be reproduced by animals?
Funny I think the way animals point is more universal than people think.
It’s not just humans - https://youtu.be/n_9RjDqJ7Zs
Just a guess but I would imagine the behavior is deeply instinctive by this point.