AssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days agoI don't understand the You call yourself an apex predator but look like this? posts. Wouldn't bears acting like fluffy pillows lull their prey into letting their guard down before getting eaten?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up112
arrow-up112message-squareI don't understand the You call yourself an apex predator but look like this? posts. Wouldn't bears acting like fluffy pillows lull their prey into letting their guard down before getting eaten?AssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareBlakey [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoI think you’re right that it’s about human aesthetic sensibilities but I doubt it’s related to evolution; doesn’t seem like finding carnivorans “cute” would contribute to reproductive fitness. I would expect the effect to be social in nature.
minus-squareChatPPB [none/use name]@hexbear.netBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoI guess so, but I’m pretty sure one of the varieties that I think would be not in a forest.
I think you’re right that it’s about human aesthetic sensibilities but I doubt it’s related to evolution; doesn’t seem like finding carnivorans “cute” would contribute to reproductive fitness. I would expect the effect to be social in nature.
I guess so, but I’m pretty sure one of the varieties that I think would be not in a forest.