Rabbit in the headlight syndrome. A rabbit caught in a bright glare will freeze as if stunned for upto ten seconds, this overcomes its normal flee response. It is also an effective way to hunt them in dusk, take a really strong torch and get in front of the animal to about thirty feet then shine the light and it will freeze.
Without the light they will bolt if you get to close.Why can you drive by a rabbit on the side of a road and it does not flinch, but?
Because if its sitting there quietly it thinks you can't see it. Then if you make a move to close to it, its gone.
You = predator.
Car = just something that passes by.
I think they figure out that the cars stay on that ''big black path'', but an individual person, may or may not come towards them. (Plus, cars never shoot at them, or release dogs to chase them.)
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