Why do some animals (like spiders or lizards) spend so much time just doing nothing? What is happening and why?
In: Biology
I feel like this question invokes the idea that they are bored. Maybe I’m wrong, but hear me out. The question alone makes me think “If I was a lizard or spider, I would be bored just doing nothing”. But they don’t have the cognitive functions to be bored. They don’t even think on the same level.
Think about any animal that is even close to our kind of brain functions. Crows and ravens for instance are super smart for their brain size. Do you ever see them just sitting there, not moving or doing anything? Naw, they are flying around and picking up shiny objects n stuff. Sure maybe they are perched on a power line or something sometimes, but most often you will see those birds doing something rather than nothing. They likely have the brain power to think about doing other things rather than just eating, procreating, or defending against threats.
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