To quote Jurassic Park: "Clever girl..."
This is clearly not this anteater's first rodeo. I mean... just look at her, heading straight for the tent entrance without even hesitating for a second. And she silences her prey to avoid any unwanted attention from other campers.
It gives me the same pleasant goosebumps to see her acting so smart like when I saw a certain badger starting to set up traps...
That is a thing Stregaverse badgers tend to do. We’ve seen at least three different little badgers start setting up traps once they luck out and score a huge meal. 83
I think the big difference is that suddenly the human (well, okay, in this case an anthro but... never mind) doesn't fall prey by accident or confusion or mistake. No. He falls prey specifically because the feral pred hunts specifically for the human and no longer for their "usual" prey. I like the thought that an animal makes such a specific choice. As I was saying... pleasant goosebumps...
The badgers are a neat example because they know they are in no way, shape or form a match for an alert human, so they set traps of various sorts to incapacitate or weaken them long enough to swallow. 83
That's not the only weird nature fact regarding genitals. People honestly through Virginia opossums had hemipenes so the male could mate with the female's nose, giant panda males are so underendowed that one zoo had a male for years and thought it was a female, etc.
I didn't know that about giant anteaters, though. They are so fuzzy it's hard to make out much. 83
Posted by Jeschke 4 years ago Report
Ooooooof, people make for nice bulges in those long slithery maws. x3
Posted by OverPhlo 4 years ago Report
Like a nature documentary... *aussie accent *
Heres the woild anteater in its natural 'abitat, aint she a beaute?
Posted by nc 4 years ago Report
To quote Jurassic Park: "Clever girl..."
This is clearly not this anteater's first rodeo. I mean... just look at her, heading straight for the tent entrance without even hesitating for a second. And she silences her prey to avoid any unwanted attention from other campers.
It gives me the same pleasant goosebumps to see her acting so smart like when I saw a certain badger starting to set up traps...
Posted by Strega 4 years ago Report
That is a thing Stregaverse badgers tend to do. We’ve seen at least three different little badgers start setting up traps once they luck out and score a huge meal. 83
Posted by nc 4 years ago Report
I think the big difference is that suddenly the human (well, okay, in this case an anthro but... never mind) doesn't fall prey by accident or confusion or mistake. No. He falls prey specifically because the feral pred hunts specifically for the human and no longer for their "usual" prey. I like the thought that an animal makes such a specific choice. As I was saying... pleasant goosebumps...
Posted by Strega 4 years ago Report
The badgers are a neat example because they know they are in no way, shape or form a match for an alert human, so they set traps of various sorts to incapacitate or weaken them long enough to swallow. 83
Posted by Cowrie 4 years ago Report
Fun fact. The genitals of the male giant anteater are so reduced that early European explorers thought they mated with their snouts.
Posted by Strega 4 years ago Report
That's not the only weird nature fact regarding genitals. People honestly through Virginia opossums had hemipenes so the male could mate with the female's nose, giant panda males are so underendowed that one zoo had a male for years and thought it was a female, etc.
I didn't know that about giant anteaters, though. They are so fuzzy it's hard to make out much. 83