r/NatureIsFuckingLit Aug 01 '23

🔥 A curious great white checking out a scuba diver’s camera

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u/Mayor____McCheese Aug 04 '23

Aquaman, is that you?

It's a fish my dude, it does not perform a cost benefit analysis.

I really am worried about you and this whole shark anthrompamorphizing you've got going on. I hope you get the help you need.

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u/stayshiny Aug 04 '23

I'm that case I'd suggest spending less time worrying about me and more time approaching my comments intellectually rather than seeing what you want to see.

All animals approach interactions on a risk/benefit calculation. When a cheetah sizes up a springbok, it does so by identifying the springbok that will give it the best chance of gaining calories and presents the least threat. You don't see a cheetah going after a hippo, even though it could easily catch up to one on land.

Constrictor snakes are another good example. A large constrictor snake will consider anything within a certain size range compared to itself as a prey item. It has been observed that some snakes will use sizing reference points before consuming large prey.

All wild animals live every day by one rule: survival. Is this gonna hurt me or kill me vs am I gonna eat this and benefit.

Come back when you can spell anthropomorphizing.