Big bird has forward facing eyes, which is usually the mark of a predator.
Big Bird
Submitted 4 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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joao@aussie.zone 4 months ago
hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Elefants have them too! Image
I’m sure there is an exception for creatures made from fabric and foam, somewhere.
odium@programming.dev 4 months ago
Makes sense. Evolution gives prey animals eyes with as wide a field of vision as possible, so they can detect predators better. Elephants are too large for predators to mess with and so is big bird.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 months ago
flora_explora@beehaw.org 4 months ago
Maybe it evolved from a predatory ancestor and didn’t get selected for different position of the eyes?
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 4 months ago
We know from Big Bird’s extended family that his species has a wide spread of individual variation, and given that none of them reside in the wild none of them are likely to suffer predation due to what would otherwise be a mal-adaptation, providing a springboard for even more genetic variation from generation to generation.
Just look at how wildly different looking specific humans can be from one another, even within a single community.
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 4 months ago
And dragons have wide-set eyes in pretty much every depiction. So that brings up the question: What was hunting all the dragons?
Dasnap@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’d hope they don’t allow predators on set, but we saw what happened at Nickelodeon with Dan Schneider.
NutWrench@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Oscar the Grouch is a scavenger.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 months ago
That’s what he wants you to think…
Oscar is a form of Trapdoor Spider. He blends in with his environment until unsuspecting prey is near, then hauls them into his den to consume at his leisure.
Facky@hexbear.net 4 months ago
That honestly fits Big Bird’s personality.
Lexam@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
So they admit there are predatory Muppets.
Dasnap@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I reacted the same when I found out that Teletubbies are actually babies, implying that there are mature, adult Teletubbies that we don’t see.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I believe the proper name is “Teletuborians”
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
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zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
Cookie monster is definitely a predator.
samus12345@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It used to be more obvious than it is now.
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NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Look at Animal.
They keep him drugged up, and he’s still barely controlled. Without the darts every 3 hours, he’d tear everyone else to shreds just to feed the hunger within him.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Well the Count is a vampire…
samus12345@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The world, too…
snooggums@midwest.social 4 months ago
cbsnews.com/…/elmo-puppeteer-kevin-clash-cleared-…
Cleared by the statute of limitations…
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The puppeteer was cleared. Elmo is a serial molester though.
kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Predators have forward-facing eyes.
Muppets have forward-facing eyes.
The science is clear.