Kangaroos do the same. To be fair, evolutionarily it makes sense. (They only do it when they have literally no escape, and the choice is either both of them dying or the kid dying, soo…)
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You do not have to outrun an angry bear to survive a bear attack.
You only have to outrun your least agile camping buddy.
This motherquokka...
You motherquokka, I wanted to comment that!
I don't get what the fuss is about, I would do it too. And you can always make more later. /s
you can always make more later
It's true, I just threw the equivalent population of a small country in the bin. Can't say I'm not pleased with myself rn. 😌
Why? Let me tell ou something (compassionists hate this simple trick). As a relativist egoist it's so much easier. Do what you want to do, morality is a spook anyway. Want to bin a baby? Go for it! Want to introduce new DNA sequences in fertile humans? Do what you feel like doing. As long as you can exploit the consequences for your own gain. Life is just so much easier this way. /s
I just want to poop cubes like a wombat. How close to that is science? How about mad science?
That's my mom at a '70s measles party.
It's pragmatic; the mother can make more babies if she gets away. She doesn't have to gloat so hard about it, though.
This just happened to me today. A chipmunk was startled by me as I opened a door, and bolted... Her tiny week old baby was left sprawling near my feet.
I used a hand warmer and some microfiber cloths to keep it warm, then thankfully the mother came back for it... But like... Wtf, Mom?
The baby can't survive without its mom. But the mom can make new babies.
She gets an extra d12 damage with improvised weapons what do you expect
Improvise, adapt, overcome
, yeet.
@NaturalHabitatShorts on youtube has a bit about this.
Their whole channel is just animated comedy shorts about weird things animals do and the voice acting is great.
This is one of my favorite channels. Thanks for spreading awareness.
Hey man, fuck them kids. As Mr. Krabs once said, ‘what have children ever done for me?’
^certifies Spongebob philosopher
Humans do this too during war time
Not really on any significant scale.
"War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other" -Niko Bellic
"Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.” - Einstein, plagiarizing Niko
/s?
You have not seen babymortar launchers of Ukraine? If they had enough supply they would not hesitate to blot out the sun. Thankfully brave special operation heroes rescue many. But maybe you don't know, you're just indoctrinated with western propaganda. I lost a friend to this once, him and entire helicopter dead. Birdstrike much less dangerous than babystrike.
Reminds me of a science fiction story.
Intelligent reptiles give birth to hundreds of eggs at a time. They eat most of the young live. The Queen of the planet offers the visiting Terrans a big bowlful of wriggling babies at a banquet.
That's one bad mother quokka
...after the predator instantly becomes enamored with the adorable baby quokka, and calls her own kids over to play.
That's one John Oliver looking motherquokka
TIL how to catch a Pikachu.
Tell your children not to walk my way...
Johnathan Swift would have a field day with this.
This is how I feel today.
Quokkas are so adorably happy looking! 😃 I've never heard of anyone disliking them.
Motherquokka!