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To: TigerPaw who wrote (51824)4/9/2014 3:15:26 AM
From: Solon  Respond to of 69300
 
"I think it has been established that orchids mimic actual organisms"

Truth is so much more stranger than fiction...



To: TigerPaw who wrote (51824)4/9/2014 10:44:19 PM
From: 2MAR$1 Recommendation

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Solon

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There's mimicry thats ubiquitous in human behavior, we start this process from the very beginning with facial mimicry as fundamental, almost innate process, mimicry or imitation. Imagine a mother feeding her child opening her mouth to get the child to open mouth to feed. We start to mimic others facial expressions from the time we are born. Infants as young as 9 months are able to mimic their mothers' facial expressions of joy, sadness, and anger.

Mimicry is a manifestation of the perception-behavior link at its most fundamental level; you smile i smile, you scream, i scream, we all scream for ice scream! ;0)