Not to ruin your day, but avoiding eye contact doesn’t make predators not want to eat you. Also, humans are evolved with forward facing eyes, so we look at stuff to see them. I don’t think this fact has anything to do with people who are uncomfortable with eye contact.
Huh? I’m referring to the idea that being face-to-face (ie, making straight eye contact) with a predator would naturally make someone feel tense. Ergo, it could make sense for eye contact to cause discomfort. Who said anything about making predators not wanting to eat someone?
Most predators take direct eye contact as an act of aggression. When dogs are submissive, they lower their heads, or expose their neck or belly. Prey don’t like eye contact with predators because predators tend to look at what they are going to attack. Some cultures take direct eye contact as a sign of disrespect, others take avoiding eye contact as a sign of guilt or ill intent. As always, people are weird.
Tigers are less likely to attack you if there is eye contact. It is why, many times, people in tiger country wear hats with eyes on the back. Only one I can think of.
Not to ruin your day, but avoiding eye contact doesn’t make predators not want to eat you. Also, humans are evolved with forward facing eyes, so we look at stuff to see them. I don’t think this fact has anything to do with people who are uncomfortable with eye contact.
Huh? I’m referring to the idea that being face-to-face (ie, making straight eye contact) with a predator would naturally make someone feel tense. Ergo, it could make sense for eye contact to cause discomfort. Who said anything about making predators not wanting to eat someone?
“Being stared at by a predator makes me uncomfortable.”
“But it’s your own species. You’re a predator.”
“That also makes me uncomfortable.”
Most predators take direct eye contact as an act of aggression. When dogs are submissive, they lower their heads, or expose their neck or belly. Prey don’t like eye contact with predators because predators tend to look at what they are going to attack. Some cultures take direct eye contact as a sign of disrespect, others take avoiding eye contact as a sign of guilt or ill intent. As always, people are weird.
Tigers are less likely to attack you if there is eye contact. It is why, many times, people in tiger country wear hats with eyes on the back. Only one I can think of.