paper underneath it so I could throw it outside (I don't kill insects) I clearly observed it playing dead upside down for around 8 seconds before it turned around and tried to escape.
2007-02-06 05:05:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
The insect's intelligence stems from its perception of the world - and playing dead is a reflex action. Insects have groups of neurons in its nervous called Net Convexity Detectors, which sense when a large edge moves towards them and then stops, signalling that an enormous predator is about to attack them. Most predators won't eat dead insects (including frogs, who can't see their prey if it isn't moving), so the insect's Superior Colliculus (which receives information from its retina) informs the rest of the body that it should remain still to avoid detection.
2007-02-06 06:49:19 · answer #1 · answered by muldenthalle 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh god now I even ought to allow you to already know this freaking tale Me and my mom were watching "The Mist" a horror action picture in which all people is interior the midst of fog and extraterrestrial beings crash by potential of the glass walls and attack them....properly about halfway by potential of the action picture it began getting kinda foggy outdoors, and when we were at a climatic area, there change into this huge mantis that landed on our window that appeared lots like the extraterrestrial beings interior the action picture. We were so freaked out.
2016-10-17 05:40:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what was this isect. Most lil insects as you say ''play dead'' because they freeze because they are really frightened of humans so by doing this the human thinks oh well i dnt need to kill it because its dead anyway. clever little things insects you know lol. so when you walk away they probably think ''heres my chance to get away''.
2007-02-06 05:11:12 · answer #3 · answered by honey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know either. I realized this when I was a little kid that some insects "play dead" so smart.
2007-02-06 05:26:50 · answer #4 · answered by Henry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fear. Additionally, some of those tiny insects have been on this earth longer than the human race has.
2007-02-06 05:10:37 · answer #5 · answered by Holiday Magic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good Q, I have noticed it as well with many animals
they have an instinct that is still highly developed
bit like when someone is staring at you if the vibe is heavy
we still sometimes pick it up, self preservation,,,
it's about instinctual awareness that we have lost a lot of
another is that as light strikes ur eye and you focus on the animal
somehow it detects that focus, they are very aware of us it seems on some levels,,,
it's almost supernatural innit
2007-02-06 05:13:04 · answer #6 · answered by farshadowman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone is trying to figure out why the bug did not move. I would like to know why you thought it important to tell us you don't kill insects.
2007-02-06 11:17:27 · answer #7 · answered by lightperson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There`s not many insects who think humans with rolled up newspapers are on rescue missions.
2007-02-06 05:13:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe to teach us highly intelligent humans that sometimes in life we just play dead and leave it alone so that we can begin anew.
2007-02-06 05:13:07 · answer #9 · answered by LOLO W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not intelligence, its a fear response. Have you ever been startled and frozen with shock? It takes you a few seconds to recover. Deer do it, rabbits do it. We freeze as well. Its automatic.
2007-02-06 07:19:59 · answer #10 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋