• psx_crab@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    Does this really applies to mammal when things like Koala and Sloth both have front facing eye?

    Or does that mean dropbear is real

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      19 hours ago

      Those animals are like our primate relatives, they climb for a living, so depth perception is pretty important unless you want to end up breaking your skull because you miscalculated how far a branch was

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        13 hours ago

        because you miscalculated how far a branch was

        Except koalas do that all the time. So often that they evolved extra cushioning for their brains

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      20 hours ago

      While they aren’t predators, they aren’t really prey animals either, right?

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      22 hours ago

      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.

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        15 hours ago

        Their teeth aren’t sunshine and rainbows either. If they want to bite you they’ll grab you with their claws and pull you in.

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          11 hours ago

          Yea, except a sloth can climb many things a snail cannot. Though I suppose if the snail had good intelligence, it could pull tricks like hiding in produce deliveries and whatnot that a sloth couldn’t pull off.

          Definitely a few pitfalls for both!