• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    9 days ago

    Don’t human do that too? I sometimes even do it deliberately to indicate that I’m interested in listening to something another person is going to say, but maybe my body language is way off?

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      9 days ago

      Yes humans do too, shows interest in something, though sublty more than a 45 degree tilt. Animals mostly do it to hear differently. though you probably also tilt your head to try and listen to something better.

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          9 days ago

          I mean I do it because I can’t hear you over everything else going on or whatever noises/sounds/music is in the background. So yeah same thing

    • TheRealKuni@piefed.social
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      9 days ago

      Humans do it for different reasons. Our ears already do a good job of helping us determine where sounds are coming from vertically. Dogs ears lack some of the cool ways our cartilage works, they do this to introduce a difference in verticality between their ears.

      (Or so I learned from Real Engineering’s video about the Apple AirPods I watched literally this morning on Nebula. It’s also on YouTube I think. Interesting stuff.)

    • Gloomy@mander.xyz
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      9 days ago

      I have two toddlers who do this during lunch time. Like, look at me and tilt their heads in an 45 ish degree angle.