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07-26-2025, 10:50 PM
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Re: Italian Man Dies After Leaping Into Jet Engine
Shame he died. He could have made tons of cash if he started an OnlyFans account. It would be hard to bypass.
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07-29-2025, 02:52 PM
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Re: Italian Man Dies After Leaping Into Jet Engine
I'm always amused by that "hands grabbing the back of the head, elbows tucked in tight" gesture that humans do upon witnessing a nearby sudden death. It's so primal. I can only assume that other primates do the same thing? And I'm also genuinely curious as to why we do this? Is it a signal of "danger close" to other nearby primates? Or perhaps just a self-soothing gesture in times of great and sudden stress? Or maybe its a behavior derived from millions of years of evolution. The members of the species who protect their heads are more likely to survive a catastrophe than those that don't. |
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08-29-2025, 05:06 AM
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Re: Italian Man Dies After Leaping Into Jet Engine
Yes, it is primal and you can see the likes of primates doing it as well when comparable things happen. Chimps come to mind. While I only have a best guess it's likely partially soothing although this isn't a typical soothing gesture (at least not as noted by Joe Navarro). But either way, I'd have to agree that it's likely unique enough and comparatively rare enough, to signal singularly traumatic/dangerous things to those around us and to do so succinctly. Reading about cognition in other animals is very fascinating; we've far more in common than we might think. |
