Don’t be deceived. See past the illusion. In nature, animals learn tricks to appear larger to prey. You call attention to yourself, you make large motions, you make a lot of noise. “Deception in animals is the transmission of misinformation by one animal to another in a way that propagates beliefs that are not true. In deimatic behaviour, an animal adopts a threatening pose to startle a predator or rival. Some animals may use tactical deception, with behaviour that is deployed in a way that other animals misinterpret what is happening to the advantage of the agent.”