Animals are so much more chill when there are no predators. I took a vacation in Galapagos a few years back and most of the wildlife is like this, they just kind of stare at you for a second and go about their day.
Cute
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Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 2 months ago
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Penguins do have predators in the leopard seals in the antarctic, but because they’re the only bipedal animals down there they seem to view people as kinda just big penguins. They seem more than happy to jump into boats with people if they think there’s a seal around or something.
And for their part, the seals also seem to view us as a curiosity or small seal. I know of at least one case where a seal tried to teach somebody how to hunt by bringing them fish and injured penguins like they would for a baby seal.
spinne@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever read. Must’ve been incredible to experience firsthand!
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 2 months ago
11/10 recommend. We did a cruise that hopped between islands and I’ll never forget it. swimming with sea lions, hanging out with boobies (blue footed, nasca), really cool hawks, crabs, iguanas, and my favourite the frigate birds! They look like dinosaurs and have nearly a 6 foot wing span and will hover inches above your head near your boat, they’re so cool!
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 2 months ago
KrankyKong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s a big problem in New Zealand. The native animals are super chill and relaxed because they have no native predators. However, invasive predators have been introduced and are wreaking havoc on the native species.
fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Sure, submit a research proposal by the end of this week.
sym@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
[deleted]I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Unfortunately, his ideas didn’t take flight
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Submits request to inquire/study the difference higher salinity in the water will effect the health of local organisms.
Proposal includes a test control group where you feed/water half our waddle with krill fish and the occasional squid sourced from closer to the equator and the other half with the same locally sourced. You can do tests every so often to verify the impacts upon our bodily systems and see if our glands can filter out the increased salt.
*Hopefully we get free food out of this
fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Rejected for citations in wrong format.
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Effects of a single male mating with the entire colony.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Awww, give him a little red jacket!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
someone knit him a red sweater!
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 months ago
more like “excuse me, can you please let me know if you find any fish there”
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
[deleted]iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 months ago
our lord and saviour
the_artic_one@programming.dev 2 months ago
This is me emailing mycologists to ask if they want to sequence any of the unusual mushrooms I found.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is me emailing herpetologists to ask if they want to know the sequence of any of the unusual events that happened after i licked some toads i found
groovyplane@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Aww, that’s a happy group of folks, or hungry.
Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 months ago
“Respect mah authoritah!!”
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 months ago
“Return the Slab. I shall return hither one week henceforth.”
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
“Hello.”
“Do you have a moment to talk about Linux?”