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Apparently the head tilt is a sound thing that helps them locate the position of sounds above/below them better. Humans are built different so we don’t need to do that to locate the source.
Or so I’ve heard. A real scientist is welcome to correct me.
Not a scientist, but can confirm, I am built differently than a fox.
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Can’t confirm, I’m only a Starfox and do a barrel roll instead.
I approve this pedantry because I too am not a scientist 👍
Someone downvoted this. Just thought it was funny, carry on.
Humans have the same issue, we just don’t have that same instinct for whatever reason.
Location is determined by the time-of-flight difference in the sound wave between each ear. So if something hits your left ear first, you know that it’s coming from the left.
You can’t do that when things are above/below.
Maybe we don’t need to, but it feels natural.
I do this too. I don’t know why
yeah same lol
I do it too. I’m autistic and my kind have some non-standard body language and/or other nonverbal stuff, even varied from individual to individual.
Their brains dry up sometimes. Tilting their heads causes the fluid inside to slosh around and moisten it, which helps them think more clearly.
It’s to hear better
I turn my right ear closer to whatever it is, not sure why though. It could be that I hear better or that’s my dominant side somehow but I do it even when what I don’t understand is something other than audible info.
