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Hey,
I took my one year old daughter to the zoo today, and used the opportunity to satisfy my curiosity about which animals would react to a laser and how.
Grabbed one of my greenies, same one that drives my cats crazy.
The results were mostly disappointing, almost all animals didn't react - either they don't see it, or they just don't care. I was surprised that the "big cats" (lions, tigers and cheetas) didn't respond to it at all!
Best reactions were from monkeys - they were half scared half curios, at first moved back but then tried to grab the dot, it was quite funny to mess with them (one of the pictures below show it very well).
Wild goats (Capras) also noticed it, most of them moved back, but a big one tried to bite it.
Almost all bird species notice the laser, most of them scared by it.
Other animals that didn't react at all include: Rhinos, Elephents, Giraffes, Hippos, Boars, Deers, Wild Rabbits, Ostriches. Probably more that I forget.
(Note: no animal was lazed in the eyes or in the face, I was extra careful).
Some pictures we took:
Two young monkeys looking at the laser.
Old and fat monkey, this one tried to grab the laser just as long as it was within its hands range.
Wild goats staring at the laser, the one in the center looks like it's trying to ram the laser, but it actually tried to bite it
Lazy tiger... (laser dot in motion)
Two photos of boar like animals seeing the laser
That's me with my laser inside a dome in the habitat of the wild rabbits (not showing in photo). They were not impressed by the laser...
I took my one year old daughter to the zoo today, and used the opportunity to satisfy my curiosity about which animals would react to a laser and how.
Grabbed one of my greenies, same one that drives my cats crazy.
The results were mostly disappointing, almost all animals didn't react - either they don't see it, or they just don't care. I was surprised that the "big cats" (lions, tigers and cheetas) didn't respond to it at all!
Best reactions were from monkeys - they were half scared half curios, at first moved back but then tried to grab the dot, it was quite funny to mess with them (one of the pictures below show it very well).
Wild goats (Capras) also noticed it, most of them moved back, but a big one tried to bite it.
Almost all bird species notice the laser, most of them scared by it.
Other animals that didn't react at all include: Rhinos, Elephents, Giraffes, Hippos, Boars, Deers, Wild Rabbits, Ostriches. Probably more that I forget.
(Note: no animal was lazed in the eyes or in the face, I was extra careful).
Some pictures we took:
Two young monkeys looking at the laser.
Old and fat monkey, this one tried to grab the laser just as long as it was within its hands range.
Wild goats staring at the laser, the one in the center looks like it's trying to ram the laser, but it actually tried to bite it
Lazy tiger... (laser dot in motion)
Two photos of boar like animals seeing the laser
That's me with my laser inside a dome in the habitat of the wild rabbits (not showing in photo). They were not impressed by the laser...