Thread:Love Robin/@comment-29997589-20160919042725/@comment-366087-20160924191703

Asked, and answered… Love Robin wrote: As for "chasing them longer than any normal predator would", I'm sorry but your information about predators is woefully lacking on how many animals act, much less their hunting habits. The term "imprinting" is not only for when a newborn attaches itself to the first living thing it sees. Some animals imprint and fixate upon their prey, tracking for miles in pursuit of a kill and refusing to give up easily.

So while true that some animals will give up and go in search of easier and less troublesome prey, just as many will not. Eyes "narrowed" to focus vision on (a reflection of) her "prey". Opening mouth to both vocalize and probably scenting the air like most reptiles do.

I repeat that you are anthropomorphizing. You're doing this because most people automatically relate to and interpret body-language cues to what they can relate to… the body language of another human, even though the cues are completely non-human in origin.

It takes time, practice, and learning to understand and properly interpret non-human cues. Such as all the markers of a dog's "smile"/expressing pleasure/happiness: rapid panting, tail wagging (sometimes strong enough to "wag the body"), often a short series of barks, "fancy footwork"/hopping, and finally copious face licking. None of that is done by humans (unless intentionally done to mimic a dog); we've just learned the proper canine cues.

You just cannot take the cues from a creature as alien-to-human as a dinosaur and give them human interpretations. This is why most cartoons and other media animate or manipulate *anthropomorphized* animals *with* human cues such as smiles, open laughter, and even thumbs-up—because most cartoons give animals human frames and hands.