Comment on Why do we dance and hop when we desparstely need to go number 1?
pntha@lemmy.world 2 weeks agomakes evolutionary sense. you’d be at a disadvantage if you need to pee when there’s a predator about. better to learn to hold it and run.
Comment on Why do we dance and hop when we desparstely need to go number 1?
pntha@lemmy.world 2 weeks agomakes evolutionary sense. you’d be at a disadvantage if you need to pee when there’s a predator about. better to learn to hold it and run.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not really, it’s well known that animals tend to shit and piss, dropping the weight and encumbrance, right before executing on the fight-or-flight response. People are likewise prone to soiling themselves in fear. So idk why it’s the other way around when just going about on my walks, but I’m not gonna complain about it when my city doesn’t have many public toilets open at night.
netvor@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
i’m not an expert but I don’t think that the panic response invalidates it. it could still be advantageous to refrain from doing 1 or 2 all over the place just to not make it easier for predator to detect you, i guess. When in fight/flight mode it’s already too late so better get rid of the weight and also probably disgust or confuse the predator a bit.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Exactly, this depends on the circumstances. E.g. cats tend to bury the waste so it doesn’t smell, while other territorial animals piss on everything in sight to mark the land. Nevertheless, when an animal is jumped by another, they often drop deuces all over while hitting the road dramatically. There’s a recent-ish clip on Reddit of two hippos fighting, wherein one of them decides to do the helicopter distribution of dung in the middle of the altercation.