tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997165993262560791.post7087970118912148224..comments2023-05-02T05:02:24.489-07:00Comments on Extreme Macro: Makes Me Wonder...Dalantechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491343159917303555noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997165993262560791.post-87417213081305094442009-10-25T12:20:03.796-07:002009-10-25T12:20:03.796-07:00Too many times I've seen an insect stop and ev...Too many times I've seen an insect stop and evaluate me, trying to figure out who or what I am. I'm also sure that some insects, butterflies especially, can tell when I am looking at them and they'll move when they see me look away.Dalantechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491343159917303555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997165993262560791.post-3199002165185585472009-10-25T11:51:05.341-07:002009-10-25T11:51:05.341-07:00I think the danger is in not anthropomorphizing......I think the danger is in not anthropomorphizing... we tend to think that these creatures simply exhibit hard-wired responses to their environment. If a non-human behaviorist looked at us I think they'd write off our behaviors as similarly simple hard-wired responses given our environments.<br /><br />Praying mantises tend to show this off particularly... when I photograph them, they're always aware of where I am, tracking me with their eyes and the motion of their heads, and as I move the camera lens closer, they reach up playfully towards it as if to grab onto it (I never let them though :)Enlightened Bugshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849712851126762380noreply@blogger.com