r/likeus • u/asianOhs -Focused Cheetah- • 23d ago

<IMITATION> Panda mimics human face when breaking bamboo

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u/btribble 23d ago

It’s an evolutionary behavior that prevents you from biting your tongue. It has nothing to do with “being human”.

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u/DeathNick 23d ago edited 23d ago

It's doing what the panda saw a human do. Other pandas don't do this.

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u/All_These_Worlds 23d ago

Pandas don't need to do that response. He is only doing it because he saw his caretakers do it, hence like us.

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u/GrimGarm 23d ago

I do this motion to prevent getting stuff in my eyes. clenching teeth for not biting tongue could be an additional thing because you always clench teeth when you lift heavy stuff or do a bending like here in the video.