Are they watching themselves or us?

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anne-marie

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This is a bit of a physics question, for those who can be bothered with that type of thing. When axies spend time staring at the end of their tank, are they seeing us or a reflection of themselves? What do you reckon?
 
I know mine stare at the wall (themselves as a reflection), but if they weren't staring at me, it would be a coincidence that they're always facing my bed or computer? I have to think they're watching me some of the time.
 
They are looking out, not at a reflection. You only get the reflection thing when you look through a piece of glass, through water, at another piece of glass, and only when you look at an angle. When you are submersed in water, the glass is perfectly clear. I don't know why it works that way, but it does.
 
That's what I thought. I'm glad that they're not stuck looking at themselves. It would be like having mirrors on all the walls. YUCK!
 
And then of course, there's the question of how good is their sight? Can they in fact see far enough to be looking at us at all? When I stand over the top of their tank, they come up to check out whether food is in the offing, but could that just be a response to shadow and light?
 
Mine don't really respond to me at all. But then, I haven't had them for long.
 
With my 3 new small axolotls 2 of them respond to me very quickly anytime I am near their containers.

They are in 6 liter plastic containers so it is not clear like glass, but you can see though it. One of them gets very excited and hurries to the front of the container when I am near, this one is the best eater and is the largest of the 3 now.

The one that does not respond to me was the largest when they arrived and is now the smallest. It eats good but it doesn't come to the front of the container like the other two.

With my 3 large axolotls, when they are hungry they come and stare me down. I have a chair about 3 feet away from the end axolotl tank, and my computer chair is about 6 feet away from the front of their tank. If they are not hungry they rarely acknowledge my existence. Their eye sight might not be fantastic but they can see good enough to tell when I am in my chair 6 feet away.
 
Mine looks like she is chasing her reflection. I'm glad she's not really doing that from loneliness because the tank's not big enough to get another axie. She responds to me whenever I lift my arm above the tank or take the lid off, because that's when she gets fed.
Sometimes she will be rambling around at the top of the tank and as soon as I come in the room she will freeze, then slowly drift to the bottom of the tank, like I've caught her being naughty.
 
Yeah, it's funny how they do that. Almost like they're waiting to see what you will do. Maybe we're the entertainment. And then all we do is sit down and stare at a computer for ages. Boring!
 
I'm pretty sure mine looks at me. It gets excited when I get close to the tank (because he gets food) and he comes to the very edge of the front and looks at me until i drop the food in and he goes and gets it. But he only goes to that area when im there.
 
Mine follows me everywhere I walk, if i head off to the kitchen, he can partly see me, so whenever I stick my head out of the room, he's standing there staring at me, then if i walk past, he will walk with me until he reaches the end of the tank and he's sit there and wait for me to stick my head out again.
Chuck's a playful little character though, always interested in whats going on in the room and always excited to see me, even if its not for food.
 
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