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Do animals regard machines as other animals and try to bite them, eat them, etc? At what point do they/can they distinguish machines from animals?

I've always wondered if a snake would try to bite a drone that landed near it. If it did, would it try to bite a lawnmower? A CAR? At what point do animals distinguish living things from machines?  Has this ever been studied?
gpt
A snake would absolutely try and bite a drone if it flew near it. Well at least some aggressive snakes would. They'd also bite stick, rocks, hands, cars, lawnmowers etc if they got too near to them and they felt threatened. Whether it thinks it's an animal is a bit too philosophical for them though. They know danger, they don't know animal. Some animals do show that they know what other animals are, usually prey, like mosquitos "smell" blood and probably wouldn't try and eat a tree unless they were very confused.