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human
ELI5: Do animals think cars are other animals? Do they think humans are riding cars like they would a horse or do they understand the concept of man-made machines?

I almost hit a deer today and it made me think, I wonder if that deer thinks my car is a big scary animal barreling towards it? 

That then lead to, I wonder if they think cars and trucks are another type of species that humans ride like they would a horse? Are there some animals that are aware of what is machine and what is life and others that aren't? 

Help end this question pondering tornado spiraling through my head and please, explain like I'm five!
gpt
Watch a coyote try to cross a highway sometime - classic canid-appeasing-bigger-scary-animal body language. Head low, tail low, ears back, spine sort of hunched up, walking on their tippietoes all "I.am.not.a.threat.I.am.not.a.threat.I.am.not.a.threat." Most of the smarter canid species at least - dogs, wolves, and coyotes - think cars are enormous, unpredictable creatures with VERY strange relationships with humans. Dogs chasing cars aren't usually doing it for shits & giggles, they're usually either trying to herd it or defend their pack against it.