• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    4 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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      4 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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          4 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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      3 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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      4 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.

    • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      Is that what it’s for? I had a good friend from a small village in India and his grandad did that all the time, back and forth while he was talking. You’re saying it helps with his hearing? That totally makes sense.

      • evidences@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        I think india does a head shake thing, back and forth kind of head bobbly, that’s similar in meaning to people in the west nodding in agreement. I’ve seen ones of videos talking about this so I’m clearly not an expert on the subject.