Kangaroos do the same. To be fair, evolutionarily it makes sense.
Mother
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FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
tetris11@lemmy.ml 14 hours 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 14 hours 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 4 hours ago
Oh absolutely. We used to not give kids names until they were 3 years or so old. To not get attached.
Tungsten5@lemm.ee 2 hours ago
Hey man, fuck them kids. As Mr. Krabs once said, ‘what have children ever done for me?’
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 hours 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?
nieceandtows@programming.dev 13 hours ago
This motherquokka…
owl@infosec.pub 9 hours ago
You motherquokka, I wanted to comment that!
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 15 hours 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 10 hours 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 2 minutes 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
mEEGal@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Improvise, adapt, overcome
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 15 hours ago
, yeet.
samus12345@lemm.ee 15 hours ago
HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 15 hours ago
Humans do this too during war time
rikudou@lemmings.world 9 hours ago
Not really on any significant scale.
JokeDeity@lemm.ee 8 hours ago
/s?
Lemmist@lemm.ee 16 hours ago
Being alive is good!
Lemminary@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Citation needed /s
NotLemming@lemm.ee 14 hours ago
That’s why Bambi was about a deer not a quokka
criitz@reddthat.com 15 hours ago
That’s one bad mother quakka
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
After the predator instantly becomes enamored with the adorable baby quokka, and calls her own kids over to play.
RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 15 hours ago
And not as a survival strategy when threatened. For fun, and then they laugh (see attached pictures).
Obviously /s, they’re adorable.
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Tell your children not to walk my way…
Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 hours ago
This is how I feel today.
RQG@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Motherquokka!
nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
Johnathan Swift would have a field day with this.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
So would Lrrr, ruler of the Planet Omicron Persei 8.
tajunta@lemmy.wtf 11 hours ago
Why am I feeling a bit proud that I got the reference? 😄
fckreddit@lemmy.ml 1 hour ago
If you are alive, you can make more babies. /s
Damn, nature is really cruel.