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AcidBathVampire t1_ituc7ag wrote

Reply to comment by LeaCTrockboys in For us, giants are fiction, for insects they’re a reality by Purple_burglar_alarm

I believe that we are so big to tiny creatures that we are basically invisible. Like, they might perceive us, but they cannot see us.

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migueeel t1_ituexgf wrote

Pretty sure the wording is inverse. Perception is when your brain processes stimuli

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AcidBathVampire t1_ituqleh wrote

That's what I'm saying. They perceive that something big is near them, but they can't see it because it's so massive that they can't take it in. I would imagine a similar thing might occur if you were swimming in the deep ocean and a whale came past you, the only difference being that you might think "was that a whale?" Whereas a bug is most likely "thinking" "what the hell was THAT?"

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joemc04 t1_itv1m5y wrote

I’ve had to go to battle with some spiders. They know we are there and counter move. Flys and gnats seem to know what’s going on too.

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AcidBathVampire t1_itv23ue wrote

Well, who's to say what they "know," you know? They know something is going after them, but for all we know they think we're a big bird or something like that.

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Yolectroda t1_itvc58i wrote

Or, do they know we're there in the same way that we know that the hurricane is coming to wreck us, or a glacier slowly progressing towards an area, or do they know that there's a being trying to kill them.

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AcidBathVampire t1_itvnrea wrote

I would think all 3 of these examples together would be the logical choice. It's an interesting metaphysical conundrum.

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