January 13, 2014
written by Bob J. Mercier ©2014
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| This photograph of Bob J. Mercier was taken by Scott Anderson |
The photo (above) is of me 'walking like a deer', while remaining invisible to deer. Deer cannot see depth. The can see width and height, but not depth. They can only estimate your body weight by hearing you walk or by viewing your body at different angles, and in the deer world knowing the body mass of every object that moves in the direction of deer, is an important detail, that cannot be overlooked. Deer need to know what is coming, in order to evade it. All whitetail deer walk around each other in order to see the other side. I call it profiling. Standing broadside with their head turned at 90 degrees to their chest. While walking around the chest side of another deer to see how big it is, in body weight.
I am sure you have witnessed this behavior that deer exhibit on a daily basis. Deer behave as if they are always discovering things, as if they are seeking knowledge all the time. That is because their world is ever changing and they have to keep themselves safe from predators by never assuming the land, is the same way they saw it the last time they were in that particular area. Every time a deer travels, it discovers its territory again, and again, and he or she has to take interest in what has changed in order to keep from being killed by a predator, or a risky situation, which includes human beings.
Deer walk around trees, not just past them. That is because they do not know that trees are round. They see them as eight sided objects of varying height. But that is a different topic, and it is one that I am including in my next publication, which I am working on now. If you want to know what I think then buy my book and catch up with the 2200 other people who already own a copy. It is the only way you can ever be on the same page as I am.
Deer do not see the distance between me and the brush behind my body. They only see the pattern of the fabric I wear, and the motion I make when I am moving.
