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Most people are familiar with "fight or flight", but there's a third response which is "freeze". That's probably what you are seeing in the video.
by beejiu 2y ago
Most people are familiar with "fight or flight", but there's a third response which is "freeze". That's probably what you are seeing in the video.
- xeromal 2y agoLots of mammals do this too. I've walked up on a deer where it's so confused as to how you got close to it that it just stands there deciding what to do.
- mxyzptlk 2y agoIn deer, it could be a case of chronic wasting disease
- CoastalCoder 2y agoOr maybe too accustomed to human company.
- throwaway173738 2y agoYeah the deer out where I live will let you pet them if you are deliberate about it.
- datavirtue 2y agoYou poor deer.
- dheera 2y agoThat's actually a very evolutionarily logical response to encountering a predator though. Most predators can outrun deer (and ever more so, humans). If you start running, they WILL instinctively chase and kill you. If you stand there, look big, and stare at them like you don't give a shit, predators actually start to question their own confidence and there is a good chance they will walk away rather than take a chance with you. As for geological events, I imagine evolution hasn't really optimized much for that. They are extremely rare, if you're a deer standing on an erupting volcano you can't exactly outrun it either.
- bloopernova 2y agoThere's also "Fawn". i.e. play along in the hope you don't get hurt.
- paxys 2y agoPulling out your phone and hitting record doesn't quite qualify as "freeze".
- datavirtue 2y agoThe default is freeze, or trip and fall.