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Whenever a beast is shown on screen (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by bleistift2@sopuli.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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Meme transcription:

Predators in nature

[Superimposed over an image of a tiger] I stalk my prey for hours before I make a sudden attack

[Superimposed over an image of a camouflaging octopus] I blend in with my surroundings to become invisible for my prey

[Superimposed over an owl in flight] I grow specialized feathers to muffle any sound I make during flight

Predators in movies

[Superimposed over a still from the 1990 movie Jurassic Park showing a screaming Tyrannosaurus Rex] Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!

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https://hdqwalls.com/wallpapers/great-horned-owl-to.jpg
https://scaquarium.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/octopus-izzy-03-1.jpg
https://st.depositphotos.com/1171396/2488/i/950/depositphotos_24882971-Tiger-stalking.jpg
https://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2015/06/0610_t-rex1.jpg

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[-] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 74 points 2 months ago

The T-Rex was celebrating having climbed a 300m sheer wall with only it's teeny, tiny arms

[-] mmddmm@lemm.ee 60 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hum... Owls and tigers know how to make a lot of noise too. We don't really know if the tyrannosaur is hunting or just trying to get rid of the people.

[-] tkohldesac@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago

Or tryna get some. It mounted that sexy-ass jeep for seemingly no reason.

[-] Lucien@mander.xyz 11 points 2 months ago

This is headcanon now

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

So dinosaurs are dragons after all?

[-] Stache_@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Haha wow I haven’t thought of that subreddit for nearly a decade now lol

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Remember the T-Rex is female...

[-] GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago

WAS female. Coulda/whoulda/shoulda that sexy thing and its morphin' genes.

[-] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Bruh, what cherry picking. Literally in the exact same movie you have velociraptors stalking prey in groups and the dilophosaurus doing their own patronizing thing. If we look to other movies, you've got Xenomorphs, you've got tremor worms, you've got pumpkin head, you've got Moder (The Ritual), you've got the Blair Witch, etc.

There're plenty of good stalking monsters in film, some of which that you don't even know are there till it's too late.

EDIT:also, we see literally a few scenes later the T-Rex come outta nowhere and grab a gallimimus no problem, so they're even shown to be decent ambush predators in the same movie.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In that scene the T-Rex is trying to flush out people which it knows are hiding somewhere as well. (Disregarding all the T-Rex specific science and just focusing on the idea of a predator screaming.)

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 2 months ago

the Blair Witch

We never even see her. How do we know for sure that's how witches behave?

[-] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago

The witch stalks them for days, picks them off when alone, and at the climax of the film ambushes them in the abandoned house. I'd say that counts as a persistent ambush predator.

[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Blair Witch

Eh? That's not exactly comparable, is it?

[-] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago

I'd say that a witch creature which stalks trespassing videographers counts as an indigenous predatorial species of a local ecosystem.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

Well if we're listing all that, you forgot Predator! :p

[-] binary45@lemmy.world 47 points 2 months ago

Meanwhile, humans: walking at a faster than average pace at the prey until it can’t run anymore.

[-] Aeao@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

Slow and steady winning the race. I've heard that's why we are fascinated by zombie movies. Like us they use persistence and numbers to attack their prey.

[-] binary45@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

There’s probably the uncanny valley at play, too. Sure, it looks human, but it most certainly doesn’t behave like one.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago

idk, from what i've heard about black friday in the US it's pretty accurate

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

So it's okay to shoot them. Plus they left all their stuff behind so we don't have to go to work anymore.

[-] Eiren@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago

It's also part of why humans and dogs get along so well. Grey wolves (and, to some extent, many other canids) are also among the best animals at persistence hunting.

[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

And predators in movies waste so much energy chasing one miniscule prey, which yield insignificant amount of calories, for hours if not days. Ladies and gentlemen, Hollywood may have just discovered the first known example of an animal that exhibit autism.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Maybe they were already well-fed and are just hunting for fun.

[-] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

It's just predator instinct to chase something. My cats chase flies, for example. They don't do it for the calories.

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Predators make a lot of sound when defending their territory. Perhaps T. Rex wasn't hunting.

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago

She was right near her paddock and the metal creature had just stolen her leg of lamb

[-] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

In the book it is explained that since (in universe) her vision is based on movement, she roars to scare prey into fleeing so that she can see them.

[-] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago

There are lots of different success strategies in nature and perhaps in the era of megafauna the direct approach would've been more viable. I'm not sure that we know. The depiction of the T-Rex in Jurassic Park is pretty out of date in general, but it's also from over 30 years ago.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Yes, and all snakes rattle and hiss constantly. No mater the species, they can't help themselves.

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago

Ever been somewhere that rattlesnakes are native? Those fuckers are loud.

[-] T156@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

They are getting quieter though, and there's concern that they may evolve to lose the rattle entirely, as the loudly rattling ones get sought out and killed off.

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

That is concerning. Should just let them be. The rattle is just their proclamation that they are introverts (in relation to other species) and would not like to be interacted with. It's a really civil way of handling things, especially for a reptile.

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 16 points 2 months ago

Everything had to do a tilt head and roar. Nothing just kills when the characters do mundane things like putting on socks.

[-] cholesterol@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

I know deer can vocalize, but I have never heard it in my many encounters with them. They either stand and stare or just run away. In games you can home in on them by the constant yelping.

[-] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They hang out in my yard. When they are in my yard I walk out holding my dog so they see him. They watch while I walk out into the yard and I say “I’m letting him down now”, then as I lower him one of them invariably lets out a really unique short screech and they all run off to the woods followed by my dog running full speed, stopping at the tree line, and then carrying on doing his business as the deer stand off in the trees watching him in the yard, waiting for us to go back inside so they can come hang out in the yard again.

[-] cholesterol@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Hehe, so nice of you to warn them. I just wish I could mute them in games. It's so dumb that they always have to announce I'M A DEER.

[-] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I recall reading that trex was probably a scavenger and hunter, so screaming loud to get other scavengers to fuck off is legit

Also just buzzing from finally getting to tear down that fence

[-] BennyInc@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

It was just conditioned from eating those goats. I bet it was the kind that faints when it’s scared and just falls over.

[-] fargeol@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Clever girl...

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

I have a hard time imagining a stealthy t-rex. He's going to be making some noise even if he tiptoes.

[-] addie@feddit.uk 20 points 2 months ago

You say that, but elephants, which are the largest animal alive on land today, are surprisingly quiet. They've got very padded feet to support their enormous weight, which means they move very quietly.

Now, not seeing them? They were big bastards. Need some trees to hide in.

[-] Aeao@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Elephants evolved to be stealthy to not spook the plants. I remember just yesterday I went to pick an orange but stepped on a twig.... The entire orchard bolted. Huge pain in the ass. The farmer was pissed.

Btw I'm being silly not insulting your comment.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I thought it was pretty funny:)

[-] pixelmeow@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

How does an elephant hide in a cherry tree?

They paint their nails red

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

How do you know there's an elephant hiding in your fridge?

There's tracks in the butter

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't think they stomped loudly (except when they ran) but I don't see how they would be able to move through the undergrowth without snapping a lot of branches. (Or how they could move through dense forest at all.)