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[–] eighty@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If animals are aware of the apex predator and their habits, it's not that far of a stretch to have "celebrity" status.

Like distinguishing between "they're hyper-aggressive" and "they're chill if you leave them alone" is straight forward.

Forgive me for anthromorphising(?) but pushing it to "holy shit, watch out for that guy I've seem him take out a crocodiles regularly" and "he's been around longer than ANY of us - like how??" is just an elevated version of that. I can't imagine "forgetting" who's who is an effective trait in any ecosystem.

Then clearest example of this "celebrity - status" are crows and humans.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago

It's prob not anthropomorphism, our brainholes are too similar (same parts, but different parts are beefed up or shrunken down) & I think if we can feel something so are animals capable of a form of it (comparing feelings & thoughts between humans is already impossible).

So yes, different entities are famous for different things. A human that is nice to birbs can get a cool status. One pack of wild dogs can defend a human from another.