Does this really applies to mammal when things like Koala and Sloth both have front facing eye?
Or does that mean dropbear is real
While they aren’t predators, they aren’t really prey animals either, right?
I mean, have you seen sloth claws? Crazy… I’d almost go for the monster from It Follows than a truly pissed off sloth … at least, y’know, if it also knew where I was at all times and actually made the effort.
So likely immortal snail. Only it’s slower.
Yet another example of why people need to learn to use the word “mammal” instead of “animal” when they mean “mammal”.
Doesn’t apply to fish, as they can’t move their eyes or heads. A wider field of vision is more advantageous in their case.
Also for an enormous part of their evolutionary history sharks were prey animals.
Fish can move their eyes. I don’t know if it applies to all of them. Here’s a study about their eye movement with further source in the introduction. Link
i think it may be affected by the need to watch above and below as well
And the fact that sight is much less valuable and more limited underwater
how does this affect jellyfish
Sharks are prey animals for giant squid.
Giant squid are prey animals for Cthulhu.
And the whole thing about Orcas coming at them from the side and knocking them over so they essentially fall asleep and then the Orca may or may not eat its liver.
the Orca may or may not eat its liver.
Depends if it has some fava beans and a nice Chianti
Explain narwhals then.
causing a commotion again, i see
They’re unicorns, therefore magical creatures, making anything possible
Made up animal. No way anything that adorable lives in the sea.
Where does Cthulhu have its eyes though
Everywhere
Cthulhu is just a bored angel.
So everywhere.
Dude’s practically a cyclops.
There’s probably an obvious exception I cant remember, but maybe this only applies to mammals?
Pandas (both giant and red) would be exceptions I would think, since they aren’t predators, and in fact almost exclusively herbivorous.
Hmm being herbivores doesn’t automatically make them prey, right? Not that I expect them to have much in the way of defense
For giant pandas, they don’t have to be prey, they just aren’t predators.
Their young get eaten, the adults aren’t particularly threatened by anything other than humans.
Red pandas are small enough that I’m sure they are prey. Probably for some large cat.
I think giant panda’s a bit special because they were originally carnivorous (or at least evolved from carnivorous bears) and they retain a carnivorous digestive system. The main theory iirc is they started eating bamboo due to food pressure, and I guess really liked it and won’t eat what their body is built for.
If someone just saw their bones, they’d be classified as carnivores.
they started eating bamboo due to food pressure, and I guess really liked it and won’t eat what their body is built for.
AND they won’t fuck! If ever there was a species (other than humans) actively trying to make itself go extinct…
That bamboo must be really good it they forgo meat AND sex
maybe they don’t attack you but to the feeble bamboo sprout their predations are most fierce.
Damn, who knew the teacher was a predator all along…
He’s an ape, so he’s a predator!
