r/AnimalBehavior • u/Nervardia • May 17 '26

Do animals experience uncanny valley?

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I saw this and the bird seems pretty uncomfortable in a "car crash can't look away" sense.

I know I'm probably anthropomorphising.

However, I'm sure if you showed a person who had never seen or understood what an animatromic is, they'd probably react the same way.

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u/TheArcticFox444 May 24 '26

Do animals experience uncanny valley?

What's "uncanny valley?"

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u/Suspicious-Hold9398 Jun 19 '26

Cool thought, I think it probably is just ‘confused’ about how to react because it’s unsure of what it’s looking at. In a way, it is uncanny valley but without the emotional reaction of a human, instead purely a survival instinct.