(July 29, 2021 at 2:28 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(July 29, 2021 at 2:15 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Tell that to the impala.
Hyena "Excuse me impala, I am hungry, do you mind if I eat you?".
Cheetah, "Excuse me impala, I am hungry, do you mind if I eat you?"
Impala, "No problem, just split the bill and tip your wait staff."
I know it isn't "bullying" in reality. But I do know what it is like to be chased down and beaten up.
Point is, the impala didn't want to be dinner, and I can identify with not want to suffer pain, much less death.
I just found it's acting and timing brilliant.
The impala doesn’t want or not want anything. Its behaviour is the end result of thousands and thousands of generations of evolution. An impala can’t help running from a cheetah any more than a cheetah can help chasing an impala. Choice and desire don’t enter into these things.
Boru
Avoiding death is pretty much the same goal of all life.