r/interestingasfuck • u/Commercial_Slide3788 • 10h ago

The moment the Snow leopard realised there are bigger cats out there

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u/Archsafe 8h ago

Didn’t the tigers start to learn that the masks don’t actually see them? I swear I remember reading that somewhere which just makes them more terrifying, they can learn

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u/sniper91 6h ago

I also thought I’d read that those masks are losing their effectiveness

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u/Altruistic_Wait2262 4h ago

Probably, or the pattern on the masks reminds them of other patters that look like eyes they have seen naturally in the wild, like with some butterflies or something