This motherquokka…
Mother
Submitted 5 weeks ago by fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com to science_memes@mander.xyz
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nieceandtows@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
owl@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
You motherquokka, I wanted to comment that!
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I don’t get what the fuss is about, I would do it too. And you can always make more later. /s
Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
you can always make more later
It’s true, I just threw the equivalent population of a small country in the bin. Can’t say I’m not pleased with myself rn. 😌
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Why? Let me tell ou something (compassionists hate this simple trick). As a relativist egoist it’s so much easier. Do what you want to do, morality is a spook anyway. Want to bin a baby? Go for it! Want to introduce new DNA sequences in fertile humans? Do what you feel like doing. As long as you can exploit the consequences for your own gain. Life is just so much easier this way. /s
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s pragmatic; the mother can make more babies if she gets away. She doesn’t have to gloat so hard about it, though.
fckreddit@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
If you are alive, you can make more babies. /s
Damn, nature is really cruel.
LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Meanwhile there are animals that so rarely can find a mate that when they do they mate with the first mate they can find and then just fucking die.
fckreddit@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Why did you have to call me out like that? /s
easily3667@lemmus.org 5 weeks ago
Wait til you hear about the sentience thing
samus12345@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Sentience, or sapience? Every animal is sentient.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
This just happened to me today. A chipmunk was startled by me as I opened a door, and bolted… Her tiny week old baby was left sprawling near my feet.
I used a hand warmer and some microfiber cloths to keep it warm, then thankfully the mother came back for it… But like… Wtf, Mom?
Shou@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The baby can’t survive without its mom. But the mom can make new babies.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
She gets an extra d12 damage with improvised weapons what do you expect
mEEGal@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Improvise, adapt, overcome
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
, yeet.
samus12345@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 5 weeks ago
Humans do this too during war time
rikudou@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
Not really on any significant scale.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
“War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other” -Niko Bellic
"Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.” - Einstein, plagiarizing Niko
Comment105@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
You have not seen babymortar launchers of Ukraine? If they had enough supply they would not hesitate to blot out the sun. Thankfully brave special operation heroes rescue many. But maybe you don’t know, you’re just indoctrinated with western propaganda. I lost a friend to this once, him and entire helicopter dead. Birdstrike much less dangerous than babystrike.
JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
/s?
Aksamit@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
@NaturalHabitatShorts on youtube has a bit about this.
Their whole channel is just animated comedy shorts about weird things animals do and the voice acting is great.
Psythik@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
This is one of my favorite channels. Thanks for spreading awareness.
Lemmist@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Being alive is good!
Tungsten5@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Hey man, fuck them kids. As Mr. Krabs once said, ‘what have children ever done for me?’
JoeKis@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
^certifies Spongebob philosopher
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Reminds me of a science fiction story.
Intelligent reptiles give birth to hundreds of eggs at a time. They eat most of the young live. The Queen of the planet offers the visiting Terrans a big bowlful of wriggling babies at a banquet.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
NotLemming@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
That’s why Bambi was about a deer not a quokka
criitz@reddthat.com 5 weeks ago
That’s one bad mother quakka
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
After the predator instantly becomes enamored with the adorable baby quokka, and calls her own kids over to play.
RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 5 weeks ago
And not as a survival strategy when threatened. For fun, and then they laugh (see attached pictures).
Obviously /s, they’re adorable.
gabbath@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s one John Oliver looking mother quokka
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 5 weeks ago
TIL how to catch a Pikachu.
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Tell your children not to walk my way…
RQG@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Motherquokka!
nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Johnathan Swift would have a field day with this.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
So would Lrrr, ruler of the Planet Omicron Persei 8.
tajunta@lemmy.wtf 5 weeks ago
Why am I feeling a bit proud that I got the reference? 😄
Corno@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Quokkas are so adorably happy looking! 😃 I’ve never heard of anyone disliking them.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
This is how I feel today.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Kangaroos do the same. To be fair, evolutionarily it makes sense.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I bet in pre-history it happened more often than not in humans, and within recorded history has likely happened more times than anyone would admit.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
eeeh our whole evolutionary niche is to be so social that we’ll form bonds with a literal rock, i can’t see the vast vast vast majority of mentally healthy humans managing to do it, more likely they’d try to gently throw the child away from the danger and sacrifice themselves.
PurpleSkull@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Oh absolutely. We used to not give kids names until they were 3 years or so old. To not get attached.
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
You do not have to outrun an angry bear to survive a bear attack.
You only have to outrun your least agile camping buddy.