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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I read a science fiction story where the human crew lands on a planet populated by intelligent alligators. The alligators produce hundreds of babies at a time. The Queen invites the humans to dinner and offers them a stew made from her own offspring...

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

How is that ever going to provide more energy than you put into it? That makes Matrix levels of sense.

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 12 points 1 week ago

Just think how inefficient most of what we do is. Most of our modern society is based on indulgence or complex societal norms (very inefficient from an energy perspective!). It is frankly absurd to think we would do anything only based on its efficiency... Similarly, an intelligent alligator society may just eat their young out of fun or because of societal norms.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Maybe it's just a delicacy.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

I assume it would be a delicacy served for special occasions. Or a desert.

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Ackchually, they are copies, not offspring. ;P