It DOES seem menacing
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Findus_Falke@feddit.org 2 months ago
so, it’s a predator goat.
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
‘There’s something out there waiting for us, and it ain’t no man’
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“If it bleats, we can kill it.”
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
That might just be the best thing on the internet :D
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I can’t believe I’ve never seen this before! This was fantastic!
D_C@lemm.ee 2 months ago
“I’m scared, Poncho”
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Eater Goats…
protist@mander.xyz 2 months ago
I’m going to guess as an island species, it had no natural predators, and therefore the evolutionary pressure for it to have a wide field of view did not exist
fristislurper@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Probably, although there would still need to be some evolutionary pressure for forward facing eyes… I wonder what it is.
AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Depth perception in advantageous. It is even beneficial for island goat activities.
With the absence of natural predators, the disadvantages of the narrow field of view are mostly outweighed by the advantages of depth perception .
glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
lmao, “island goat activities” is the best 3 word combination. Here are thoughts what island goat activities are:
abies_exarchia@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Not necessarily, with “genetic drift” random phenotypic changes can happen that have a neutral effect on fitness. So if they don’t need side-facing eyes, then this can just happen randomly. Especially if the sideways eyes are in some way “costly” to maintain
kurwa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If sideways eyes are “costly” compared to forward facing eyes, then that would technically be a push for forward facing.
BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’ve always wondered if there was a term for evolutionary changes that weren’t needed!
wischi@programming.dev 2 months ago
I’m not sure for that specific case, but in the general case there doesn’t need to be evolutionary pressure for change. If there is no pressure one way or the other random mutations can (and will over time) cause change without environmental reason (genetic drift).
Num10ck@lemmy.world 2 months ago
maybe living in caves?
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Curious to consider that by being an apex consumer, it is a predator by default, even if its prey is flora.
pjwestin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean, it it has pupils like that, it has a wide field of vision. That’s the whole point of rectangular pupils. I would assume that having front-facing eyes would also give it depth perception, but maybe it needed that for making difficult jumps or something?