Bobbing their heads at every step. How ridiculous must have that looked if it was the case.

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Chickens and many other birds appear to bob their heads because their eyes are fixed in their sockets, so they can’t fix their eyes on a point while moving, but instead have to keep their head still. What looks like bobbing is the bird pushing its head forward and keeping it completely still for a moment while its body catches up. Without keeping its head still, it wouldn’t be able to see much of anything very effectively, prey or predator.

T rex might have been able to move its eyes, in which case it probably wouldn’t have bobbed its head.

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The best is when you pick them up and move their bodies around but their little heads stay in the same spot

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Nature’s own camera stabilizers.

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