As Dennet mentions in the text, deception is done so by animals in their nature to distract their predator away from their territories or families, and he provides the example of the ground-nesting bird luring away it’s predator by acting that it’s wing is broken (pg. 91). Dennet believes that as humans, we engage in “intentional” activities as it is habitual for not only us humans, but for animals as well. Referring back to the ground-nesting bird, Dennet also mentions that deception feels more like a panic attack to animals, and that they do not really have a reason to act that way; It is an instinct for them to do so (pg. 92). Not only does the bird identify that it is in some form of danger, or that it’s children are in danger, but it also
