The thing I think is hilarious about the guy is that Mara Wilson (who apparently is his cousin) has said previously that he’s ALWAYS been like this, which, yeah. I can see it.
This is not anthropomorphization but genuinely something theyre known to do. I’ve heard divers say octopuses and cuttlefish get fascinated by hand gestures and will sometimes respond to them like. We probably do look like we have little cephalopods on the ends of our arms, to them. Like we’re always putting on a puppet show.
ive heard enough stories of octopuses attempting to socially interact w humans to be convinced that some octopuses want to socially interact w humans
frustrated how quickly people will trip over themselves to dismiss any notion of animal thought as “anthropomorphization” as if animals are truly thoughtless lumps of meat who simply move their limbs around meaninglessly and die
in my experience nobody stops having a favorite animal when they grow up but people DO stop asking. well now i’m asking. what’s everyone’s favorite animal mine is the noble manatee
