[bitwize]

There's a great movie called Under the Skin about this very topic. Featuring Scarlett Johansson no less.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Skin_(2013_film)

When I saw it I also thought of the Australian beetles that hump beer bottles until they die, because the size, color, and texture of the beer bottle resemble a particularly sexy female beetle and they just can't help themselves.

[SideburnsOfDoom]

It's called a "superstimulus" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus

[lawlessone]

>When I saw it I also thought of the Australian beetles that hump beer bottles until they die,

The human equivalent might be an AI generated image of woman(or man) so attractive they cant exist.

[bil7]

there are many human males that turn to the bottle instead of women. Don't be so mean to the beetles!