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[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 58 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact, baby bunnies are so high stress they can die from little baby heart attacks if they are too stressed.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That high stress could include smelling urine of a predator.

Imagine just dying because you smell cat urine.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Because of a roommate I had around 2006-2007, I don't have to try very hard to imagine.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 51 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Haha, I never considered that perspective I envy may cats often, but they do freak out at the smallest thing, like one cat is terrified of trash bags, but only when they are empty.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 63 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Makes sense to me. Why do empty trash bags exist? Nobody wants an empty trash bag, so everyone fills them up all the time. Why not sell them pre-filled? It just doesn't make sense.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I suspect FooBarrington might be a cat irl...

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You have no concrete proof. If there ever was proof, it's certainly not on the table. Oh, and somebody seems to have barfed on it.

[–] CaySimit@lemmy.ml 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

at least it doesn't have to pay taxes

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wanna switch lives with a begger?

[–] CaySimit@lemmy.ml 20 points 11 months ago

Being a begger doesn't make you free of taxes unfortunately So no thanks i'll take the rabbit

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Naw, I just wanna go live in the woods, ya know, like the Libertarians.

[–] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Didn’t they get eaten by bears?

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 5 points 11 months ago

Still better than paying taxes

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, and now that bears are a problem in the nearby towns that the libertarians didn’t (directly) fuck up.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

They get eaten by elephants.

[–] Damaskox@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Meanwhile -

I've heard that the birds don't sing songs to us but rather either tempt mates for reproduction or warn other same-sex birds to come too close or else!

[–] M137@lemm.ee 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That fact that anyone would even think that they're singing "for us" is disturbing. It's so deeply stupid.

[–] Damaskox@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I could assume that many people think X being here (just) for us 🤔

But you have a point.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I agree. When there's no threat to us, it's easy to become self-centered.
A walk in the woods isn't so nice when you're at the bottom of the food chain.

My cats bring me toys because they think I cannot hunt.

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago

With the exception of mockingbirds. Who do it to be jackasses.

I had one in my yard that copied the sound of a tool once, I walked away and then heard it going and of course I'm thinking "how the hell did that turn on?". Of course I go to check and it's off and was just a mocking bird. It then proceded to make that noise for the rest of the day.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed."

[–] PeWu@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

You made me remember one very cool novel with that phrase

[–] rubythulhu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 months ago

Either I am a bunny, or bunnies have ptsd, or both

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

You know all those animals that have huge litters? If the population is stable, guess how many survive to reproduce.