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Eyes are freaky af (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Just stared into a lemurs eyes for half a minute aparently (that felt like an hour) and it freaked me tf out. Since been staring into peoples eyes or animals eyes and its consistently weird and freaky no matter what. Also it feels like my conciousness is behind my eyes and maybe thats why they say eyes are the window to the soul.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't normally look people in the eyes, but animals? I have no problem with it. The animals do, most of the time. Dogs, though, are like people and like eye contact. And I like looking into their big puppy eyes 🥺

That whole "eyes are the window to the soul" thing only makes sense to me if you include the rest of the face, though; eyes alone don't show expression. The eye brows and cheeks and mouth do.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

And I like looking into their big puppy eyes

That is a bit of co-evolution between humans and dogs. While their nose is still their primary sense, their eyes have grown in importance to aid their communication and bonding with us.