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Mantises live solitary lives, and are cannibalistic. I assume it’s more out of indifference than hate, but it’s close to what you’re looking for.
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Submitted 6 months ago by razoloto999@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They are so cannibalistic. I once hatched an egg case in a terrarium and they ate their brothers and sisters almost immediately after hatching. There were baby crickets in there and they did not care for them in the slightest as the mantid population fell like a cobalt state sanctioned murder cube falls on a head.
Synthuir@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Oh wow, I totally read the parent comment as ‘manatees’, and was like, “Odd, never heard of that, but okay.”
…
Then a dash of, “Holy shit, how’s this guy keeping manatees in a terrarium?”
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
The crickets aren’t competition.
MissJinx@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I would live like that. If some says hi we fight and the strongest eat the weakest. It’s only fair
Shou@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Can we stop equating introversion with anti-social?
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My kids have a book called “solitary animals,” explicitly framed as introverts in nature, and from what I remember of it, it mentions pumas, octopuses, sloths, and eagles.
Pronell@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m sorry but the correct plural is octopedants.
all-knight-party@kbin.run 6 months ago
Weird, I really figured the plural was sloths, but you learn something every day.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
No, that’s what you call people who correct people who use the wrong plural for octopus
meekah@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ohhh nice one
Lemvi@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
Octopi are mostly solitary I think.
Klear@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Possibly the one thing that is preventing them from creating culture/civilisation with how smart they are. Maybe they’ll get their shit together when we’re gone. Planet of the apes is too played out.
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
There’s that, and also their short lifespan (1 to 5 years). And the fact that the mother only cares for their offspring while they’re in eggs.
Forms of transmission of behaviors by imitation or communication mostly emerge in species that care for their young, like birds or mammals, because the young learns from their parents, which complements instinct. It gets stronger when they’re a social species, because they also learn from every other individual. That’s when culture begins to emerge (like how some “accents” or “dialects” can be identified in the songs of birds or whales of a same species). But a specie that isn’t social and doesn’t care for it’s young, whatever an individual learnt in its lifetime dies with it, behaviors can only be transmitted genetically, so they’re slower to evolve.
AmidFuror@fedia.io 6 months ago
First they need to develop a language that allows them to transcend time.
bizzle@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The second Children of Stuff- I think it’s Children of Ruin- talks about far-future octopod civilization. Interesting stuff. The whole trilogy is super good and I recommend it.
Beanedwizard@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nah raccoons will take our place when humanity wipes itself out.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
Randy.
Randy is (was? Not sure if he’s still alive) a goat on a friend’s farm. Fucker hated everyone and everything and would have to be kept in his own area.
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 6 months ago
[deleted]isles@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I feel weird explaining this, but male goats are not used for cheese.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
I think snow leopards only ever meet up if they’re dtf. Otherwise they keep large swaths of land to try and guard against any others stepping near their space. Like, hundreds of acres.
classic@fedia.io 6 months ago
Ditto with red pandas
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
… I honestly have issues imagining what an aggressive red panda looks like.
I have no doubt that it exists, nature is fuckin scary, my brain just can’t deal with that.
snooggums@midwest.social 6 months ago
Polar bears except when mating, and even then they still hate any offspring that aren’t their own. Most big cats like tigers, panthers, and jaguars. Tons of predators are solitary.
Tons of animals that are solitary should fit the criteria. Hates might not be a completely accurate description, but if they are solitary and territorial then it would be close enough.
Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I swear I’m not a besserwisser but I recently learned something I found annoyingly interesting and I’m sharing it hoping you will too:
Panthers aren’t a species but usually either a jaguar or leopard if black or a collective name for all large cats belonging to the Pantera family.
snooggums@midwest.social 6 months ago
I was going to put in mountain lion and figured someone would go “lions hunt in packs!” and tried to use an alternate name. Forgot panther is also used for jaguars!
John_McMurray@lemmy.world 6 months ago
People call Cougars “Panthers” also, but they’re not Pantera family.
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Based on rigorous scientific research conducted on my desk, chipmunks do not like other chipmunks, but in a really adorable way.
The movies lied to you.
Donebrach@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Most every animal species? Fun fact, they nearly all, at an individual level, die very quickly.
Sorry to say that as a human, you’re hard wired to engage with nearly every being on this planet as though it is sentient and beloved, because we’re a bunch of dumbasses.
Dasus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Donebrach@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Neat, you posted a Wikipedia article about how animals will at times associate with one another.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 6 months ago
Do I count?
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You count the most, using your fingers and toes.
mononomi@feddit.nl 6 months ago
MissJinx@lemmy.world 6 months ago
my.dude
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Allow me to introduce you to the Squonk.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Surely this was supposed to link to skunks.
No, squonk, with an Earth q. Behold.
This concept of squonk confuses and infuriates us!
Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Wolverines are pretty solitary animals
PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Orangutans are solitary for most of their lives
Serialchemist@ttrpg.network 6 months ago
Betta fish - just make sure to give them a few gallons of water in which to swim, a filter for their poo and a heater in their tank to keep them comfortable year round.
numberfour002@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s mostly only the males that don’t get along with each other. Given enough space, females can be peacefully kept together in sorority tanks. Similarly, a trio or harem (i.e. one male with multiple females) is typically safe as well and the fish get along just fine, given a large enough tank and appropriate stocking.
Also, most reputable breeders and sources of information will tell you that 5 gallons / 19 liters is the minimum suggested tank size for a happy and healthy fish in optimal conditions. While they can certainly survive in much smaller bodies of water, it’s not ideal and in some cases it’s actually harmful.
1984@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Sure but females want a strong male, and strong males fight other males.
If you would have only females, the entire fish species dies out. Nature needs strong fighters also.
1984@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Incels?
I’m kidding. Mostly.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Puffer fish
Nougat@fedia.io 6 months ago
Pandas for sure.
dragontamer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Human hermits?
zout@fedia.io 6 months ago
Hedgehogs?
Lemvi@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
Most spiders.
DoctorButts@kbin.melroy.org 6 months ago
This is actually only part true. During the night, as the temperature in their environment drops, most species leave their den or web and seek out the mouth of any nearby sleeping mammals to sleep in, as it will help retain heat. In tests, it has been observed that up to thousands or tens of thousands of spiders will travel up to 10 miles to willingly climb into the open mouth of a sleeping human.
GraniteM@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That tens of thousands number is always brought up, but it’s an average that is affected by the actions of Spiders Georg, an outlier who should not be counted.
andrewta@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Thank you for the reminder I need to get a new supply of duct tape.
sheepishly@kbin.social 6 months ago
And that's why you swallow eight spiders a night or whatever it was. Mmm, protein
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
The only thing spiders like more than a warm mouth is a warm butthole. The human butthole is the perfect environment for a spider to get nice and cozy. It’s estimated that the average person has 10 spiders enter their butthole every year.