Why do animal predators lose focus before and during a strike? (details inside)

Why do animal predators lose focus before and during a strike? (details inside)
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I don’t think they do. You are anthropomorphizing what you are observing. Predators are highly attuned to environmental factors that most people cannot discern, such as other odors, shifts in the breeze, threatening or distracting movements on the periphery. But watching a predator complete an attack shows them focused all the way through.
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