For those wondering if it’s true that pigs can’t see the sky:
There's a fair bit of debate on the subject of a pigs ability to look upwards, but here's the gist!
Pigs are able to look up a bit and therefore can see portions of the sky, but as a result of their neck's anatomy they aren't able to look directly above them.
Pigs have short, muscular necks with limited mobility that prevents them from tilting all the way up. There are plenty of other ways for pigs to see the stars, such as rolling over on their backs, taking a few steps back from what they want to see and tilting the rest of their body in line with what they're looking at.
Yeah but like. Pigs roll in mud. They literally look at the sky when they roll in mud. The one thing theyre known to do, roll in mud. When you think of a pig, and theyre rolling in mud, they look all around including into the starts. While rolling in mud. The one things everyone thinks of when they think of pigs.
Assuming that the poster is making this post on mobile, "4the" saved them one keyboard press, and "2b" saved them two keyboard presses, all at the expense of readability.
The dogs I have at home would strongly disagree with you.
They will look up at me and judge me if I am not reading their mind to satisfy their wishes of food, my food to them, walks or pets.
Fruit, in particular, will earn me pleading/accusing stares, followed by paw strikes to my legs.
What they won't do is stare down on me. I can't lie on the ground. That gets me licks and growls to get me off the floor. They will get stressed and even bark and growl at each other if I'm on the floor.
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qyron@sopuli.xyz · 60 pts · 215d
I've raised pigs and seen wild boars do the exact same thing in order to "look up": they sit, in order to elevate their angle of vision.
Humans can't look behind themselves. The neck does not rotate that far. The solution: the entire body rotates.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 26 pts · 215d
qyron@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 215d
QED
fartographer@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 215d
No, pick me up and rotate my head to look behind me
qyron@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 215d
Either I pick you up or rotate your head.
I would rather do the first. The second can incurr in serious harm.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 215d
Even if you are looking straight ahead at the horizon you will see stars just due to your cone of vision.
UsernameHere@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 215d
You have treated me 2kindly
ickplant@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 215d
For those wondering if it’s true that pigs can’t see the sky:
Source
I still thought the sentiment in the post was nice and sweet though.
BossDj@piefed.social · 8 pts · 215d
Treat me like I'm standing on a ramp or hillside
scbasteve7@lemmynsfw.com · 19 pts · 215d
Yeah but like. Pigs roll in mud. They literally look at the sky when they roll in mud. The one thing theyre known to do, roll in mud. When you think of a pig, and theyre rolling in mud, they look all around including into the starts. While rolling in mud. The one things everyone thinks of when they think of pigs.
DancingBear@midwest.social · 2 pts · 215d
toynbee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 215d
Muddy bacon?
DancingBear@midwest.social · -1 pts · 215d
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 215d
They can still look up. They can lay on their back which they do.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 215d
stoy@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 215d
Assuming that the poster is making this post on mobile, "4the" saved them one keyboard press, and "2b" saved them two keyboard presses, all at the expense of readability.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu · 4 pts · 215d
What4 when few w0rds do trick?
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 215d
I thought this was aneurysm posting at first
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 215d
Where pigs live, they can see stars without looking upwards. Some people in here don't get outside towns a lot I think!
ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website · 4 pts · 215d
Kinda like I'm 90% sure games where you take crippling fall damage after 6 feet had devs that never climbed and then fell out of a tree in their lives
umt@lemmynsfw.com · 8 pts · 215d
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 3 pts · 215d
EGGAR?
KeenFlame@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 215d
It's going to sqeal like a maniac and maybe bite you while you ever so gently do this oddly sexual act to it
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 215d
I thought it was dogs that couldn't look up
ickplant@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 215d
Beacon@fedia.io · 6 pts · 215d
Dogs definitely can
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 9 pts · 215d
Of all the nonsense the Internet has claimed in a mass delusion, that one puzzled me the most.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 215d
it’s a recurring joke in Shaun of the Dead, so internet content around it is like the birds aren’t real conspiracy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3MzYIo0Wxc
NachBarcelona@piefed.social · 3 pts · 215d
whuaaatt
TrillianAstra@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 215d
Big Al says so.
cdf12345@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 215d
I thought only dogs couldn’t look up
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 215d
Dogs literally every time you're eating something
cdf12345@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 211d
https://youtu.be/c3MzYIo0Wxc
Source
qyron@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 215d
The dogs I have at home would strongly disagree with you.
They will look up at me and judge me if I am not reading their mind to satisfy their wishes of food, my food to them, walks or pets.
Fruit, in particular, will earn me pleading/accusing stares, followed by paw strikes to my legs.
What they won't do is stare down on me. I can't lie on the ground. That gets me licks and growls to get me off the floor. They will get stressed and even bark and growl at each other if I'm on the floor.
Human down is a no-no.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 215d
Dogs can look up they just choose not to.