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[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years 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 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That high stress could include smelling urine of a predator.

Imagine just dying because you smell cat urine.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

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

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 years 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 64 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] CaySimit@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

at least it doesn't have to pay taxes

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wanna switch lives with a begger?

[–] CaySimit@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago

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

[–] DahGangalang 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Didn’t they get eaten by bears?

[–] DahGangalang 6 points 2 years ago

Still better than paying taxes

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

They get eaten by elephants.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Damaskox@kbin.social 16 points 2 years 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 35 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (2 children)

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

But you have a point.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years 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 10 points 2 years 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.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

TIL Tarkov players are rabbits

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

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

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

You made me remember one very cool novel with that phrase

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

For anyone curious it seems to be Watership Down.

[–] rubythulhu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago

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