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Pseudopupils and Anthropomorphism
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<blockquote data-quote="ohaple" data-source="post: 322584" data-attributes="member: 11034"><p>Took a nice photo of Carl, our sub-adult H. Majuscula. He appeared to have a curious look, almost like he was begging. I had the thought that much of this anthropomorphism (applying human traits or emotions to non-humans) we sometimes apply might be from the pseudopupil (the dark spot on mantids eyes that appears to be a pupil, but is not truly a pupil) making them look more natural to us. So I photoshopped out the pseudopupil. They look far more alien without the pseudopupil. Coupled with the clear mouthparts, this might be the cutest <strong>and</strong> creepiest shot I have taken. I notice that some dark mantids do not have the typical looking pseudopupil, but we still attribute the same type of emotion, so maybe the pseudopupil is of little psychological effect. What are your thoughts on how pseudopupils impact anthropomorphism?</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/owpRtUh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/jgG2zLJ.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>If you want to try it yourself it is easy using the blemish tool in most photo editing suites.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ohaple, post: 322584, member: 11034"] Took a nice photo of Carl, our sub-adult H. Majuscula. He appeared to have a curious look, almost like he was begging. I had the thought that much of this anthropomorphism (applying human traits or emotions to non-humans) we sometimes apply might be from the pseudopupil (the dark spot on mantids eyes that appears to be a pupil, but is not truly a pupil) making them look more natural to us. So I photoshopped out the pseudopupil. They look far more alien without the pseudopupil. Coupled with the clear mouthparts, this might be the cutest [B]and[/B] creepiest shot I have taken. I notice that some dark mantids do not have the typical looking pseudopupil, but we still attribute the same type of emotion, so maybe the pseudopupil is of little psychological effect. What are your thoughts on how pseudopupils impact anthropomorphism? [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/owpRtUh.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/jgG2zLJ.jpg[/IMG] If you want to try it yourself it is easy using the blemish tool in most photo editing suites. [/QUOTE]
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