Why she staring at me?

Coco+Teddie+Luna

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Coco or Olivia love me. I was just sitting in class,and then I looked at my pigs and coco and livy stopped and looked at me like I had made a fast movement,but i was legit just sitting down. Also when they're sleeping and they wake up,they look at me with one eye(They have two eyes but you should know what i mean). ?
 
Coco or Olivia love me. I was just sitting in class,and then I looked at my pigs and coco and livy stopped and looked at me like I had made a fast movement,but i was legit just sitting down. Also when they're sleeping and they wake up,they look at me with one eye(They have two eyes but you should know what i mean). ?

Prey animals either make an instinctive dash or freeze at any sudden movement. Keep in mind that their eyesight is only sharp for about a foot or two; beyond that they only react to sudden movements (i.e. potential predator attack).

Humans and other predators have their eyes set parallel in the front of their face because they need to be able to pin down their prey exactly in space if they want to be successful in a hunt.
Prey animals have their eyes set sideways and up so they have the widest possible field of vision to detect predator attacks from as amny sides and from above as early as possible. The two fields of sight only overlap for a rather small area shortly ahead of their face to prevent them from dashing headling into something. If a piggy is looking at you with one eye, it is actually looking fully and intently looking at you.

More information on guinea pigs as a species: Guinea Pig Facts - An Overview
 
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