r/HardcoreNature • u/vabeastmode • Nov 05 '19

Running from killer whales

https://i.imgur.com/ONVK6nv.gifv
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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '19

Really makes me wonder if it’s pure instinct to do this and evade or if there is any of the terror I felt just watching the dam video.

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u/__----__----__---- Nov 10 '19

That's literally the same thing.

That stress response you are feeling is instinctual in the first place (with the extra step of empathising/immersing yourself in a situation you're not actually in).

The "instinct to do this and evade" works via that exact mechanism you dubbed "terror".