When we throw and catch a ball, do animals see that as we see a magician?
I was throwing an orange up and down outside because why not, and my dog just started following the ball amazedly, but then i realised that dogs cant do what im doing. So i thought to myself, what makes us so good at these kinds of tasks unlike any other animal?
It doesnt require lots of strength, because if it did our bodies wouldnt be so well able to throw the objects. It requires understanding of the world around us above instinct, and shows how advanced we are with complex thought. The only other animals that can do this well are other smart animals, but not one of them do it better then us.
So what i mean by magicians, though, is that magicians are able to do things we cannot comprehend, which astounds us and amuses us. So is this the same for dogs, or any animal really to see us do tasks beyond their thoughts on how the function of the world works? Does it also amuse them?
Posted Sep 25, 2026, 5:04 PM UTC