#1915523 - 05/07/10 07:55 AM
Re: Deer Sense(s)?
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Most prey animals have an uncanny ability to sense danger! Thats why the big bucks walk right under BSK, he takes his bow and they think they are safe
Think they are safe? They KNOW they are safe if I have a bow in my hands!
They dance around under my tree and laugh at me. 
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#1915594 - 05/07/10 08:40 AM
Re: Deer Sense(s)?
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John is right. Animals can detect the smallest behavioral changes in humans and other animals. It's part of their survival skill. Are animals born with that skill? No they learn it from their mother, like many other things.
How keen that sense is can be best shown with an example of my wife and me. My wife is a photographer and when she takes pictures of wildlife she talks to the animals in a soothing voice, walks toward them, stands still then walks some more. With that tactic she can get very close to deer without alarming them. While she tries to get closer she never looks directly at the animals. Unbeknown to her she mimics deer browsing behavior. She told me that she just copied the way I walk among the tigers and elephants.
On the other hand if I try to walk up to deer I think like a hunter and the deer run. Why? Can they read my mind? No they can't but they pick up on the tiniest behavioral changes, so small that we do not notice them, but deer and other animals do.
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#1915657 - 05/07/10 09:26 AM
Re: Deer Sense(s)?
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I wonder what it feels like to talk in third person, act out your thoughts and dreams, and make all answers and statements fit the bill you like? Sorta like having a Mentor that you can control, but make them do and say all the things you want to hear. Just wondering if anybody here has ever thought much about it?
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#1915672 - 05/07/10 09:38 AM
Re: Deer Sense(s)?
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Not only can deer interpret the most minor behavior changes, deer also learn exactly which human behaviors are dangerous and which are not. In addition, they can easily learn humans "here" are OK, but humans "over there" are not.
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#1915682 - 05/07/10 09:41 AM
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John is right. Animals can detect the smallest behavioral changes in humans and other animals. It's part of their survival skill. Are animals born with that skill? No they learn it from their mother, like many other things.
How keen that sense is can be best shown with an example of my wife and me. My wife is a photographer and when she takes pictures of wildlife she talks to the animals in a soothing voice, walks toward them, stands still then walks some more. With that tactic she can get very close to deer without alarming them. While she tries to get closer she never looks directly at the animals. Unbeknown to her she mimics deer browsing behavior. She told me that she just copied the way I walk among the tigers and elephants.
On the other hand if I try to walk up to deer I think like a hunter and the deer run. Why? Can they read my mind? No they can't but they pick up on the tiniest behavioral changes, so small that we do not notice them, but deer and other animals do.
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#1939735 - 05/26/10 06:00 PM
Re: Deer Sense(s)?
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nose is the one that doesnt fool them. they hear alot of things and sometimes dont panic cause they are curious animals...but when they smell danger they react without thought to "WHAT" THEY HEARD, OR SEEN....YOU CAN FOOL A DEER THAT SEES YOU BY NOT MAKING OR MOVING YOUR EYES ON CONTACT.
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