Amazing animals.

[Isabeau]

 

[Sid]

 

[Beebo Brink]

If I'm perfectly honest with myself, I have to admit that I probably would never have thought of that.

 

[Sid]

I find it just remarkable that a bird can figure this out.
How did it come to this conclusion to solve the problem? Just mind blowing.

 

[Free]

 

[Sid]

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Looks like a monster from a Miyazake anime, like the spirits in Spirited Away or the sick boar in Princess Mononoke.

 

[Isabeau]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Forget Grumpy Cat...

 

[Sid]

 

[Beebo Brink]

Cynic that I am, I'm wondering if the duck is actually hoping to lure a small enough fish that it can eat.

ETA: And the comments provide the real answer!

It's not sharing. The duck needs to wet its food to eat it. Technically the fish are stealing the food from the duck.

 

[Sid]

I don't know, the bird puts the food very carefully in the water and makes no attempt to chase away the fish.
Well whatever the reason may be, it looks cool.

 

[Beebo Brink]

I don't know, the bird puts the food very carefully in the water and makes no attempt to chase away the fish.
Well whatever the reason may be, it looks cool.

Yes, at the very least, it's an entertaining view into the way that animals interact, even if both sides are serving their own interests.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Beebo Brink]

That's a Chewy box, which would explain why the bear cub carried it away.

ETA: And here's the follow-up story!

Bear Caught on Camera Stealing Package from Chewy Right off Family’s Porch

THORNHURST TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A family in Lackawanna County was expecting a delivery of dog food from the online pet store Chewy, but a hungry bear had other...

www.wnep.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Alpha males

 

[Beebo Brink]

Now that I've finally stopped laughing....

I'm halfway through a book called Bitch: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal, which discusses mating strategies by female animals and how that affects their ability to maximize the well-being of their offspring. The author also discusses how that affects male strategies for reproduction. Apparently male testicle size correlates with how much competition there is to copulate with a female. Gorillas, for instance, have small testicles (in % of body size) because a male gorilla has easy access to a harem of females and doesn't have to work so hard to insure his genes are passed on. Male chimps, on the other hand, have huge testicles (again, in % of body size) because females are sexually aggressive and mate with as many males as they can seduce. In order to insure reproductive success, male chimps have to try harder and more often. lol

 

[Free]