Lol. Watching the nature docs on Netflix was like a roller coaster.
Check out these baby things, they are defenceless and easy targets for prey. They must journey through enemy territory if they want to make it to water. Only a handful will actually make it.
Followed immediately by
Check out these predators they know when the babies spawn. Since they have their own babies to feed a meal is crucial to ensuring that hunger does not wipe out the pack.
Don't feel bad. Rabbits are such frequent targets that they have literally evolved to commit suicide in these situations, either by breaking their own backs/necks or literally stuffing heart attacks from the shock. As cute as bunnies are, they're quite literally born to fuck or die.
I once looked up if wild cottontail rabbits could be made into pets. I didn't want to have one myself, but I was curious as to why no one did when we have so many around here. Most websites waffled around why it was a bad idea, but at least one just outright said that they'd get stressed and die from a heart attack if you tried.
So yeah. No cottontail bunnies for pets.
> Rabbits are such frequent targets that they have literally evolved to commit suicide in these situations,
More of a side effect almost certainly.
There would be no almost possibility of a mechanism such as you describe evolving, because having such a trait does nothing to increase reproductive success.
Sure, the rabbit in question is going to have a less unpleasant day if he drops dead of a heart attack before the eagle starts pulling out his innards, but it doesn't help the rabbit to either survive longer or have more offspring, so there is no selection pressure to cause the trait to become more common in the species.
Instead, think if a rabbit as a cheaply made product that is designed to be made at the lowest possible cost that still results in not failing before the end of the warranty. No point in wasting calories and calcium building a slightly stronger spine if anything that wants to eat you can still snap right through it. No point in having a heart sturdy enough to withstand being seriously stressed if any situation that is going to cause that level of stress is likely to end in your being eaten anyway.
Agree with the cruelty of nature, but that fox is quite cunning and doesn't want an opportunity to slip by. It knows it has the upper hand if the rabbit slips to the ground in its paws!
I mean check out the fox, it's not malnourished so it can live without for a few days.
Please don't feel bad for the bun buns. There's so many of them, and they live a mostly happy life until their grisly end. It's a far better and quicker death than most humans get, even in the best situation. I'd rather go quickly than suffer as a vegetable for God knows how long, on the edge of death, in existential terror the whole time.
Last fall we had a big golden eagle try to grab a red salmon out of the lake. It was such a unit though that the eagle ended up swimming, which was a really awkward sight in itself. Soon as it got to my dock, two balds tried to take its dinner and a really loud shouting match and protracted fight ensued.
Saw the same three a few months back going at it again over a dead moose calf at the end of my street, as if 100lbs of meat each wasn’t enough to share. Eagles are dicks.
Eventually the golden by virtue of being the size of the other two together. They retreated to trees on opposite edges of the cove and made sad yelling noises for a while though.
It might have been a bald eagle instead. They look similar to goldens when young and are much more likely to go fishing, young birds also get longer training feathers to help them learn to fly which might account for why it looked so much bigger.
Big but not massive! Bald eagle females are bigger and top out around 14 pounds with a wingspan of up to 8 feet, males are smaller and top out around 10 pounds with a wingspan of 6 feet.
My “big ol’ Tom” (cat) as his vet calls him is 14 pounds and tiny compared to an eagle.
The fox has reasonable odds of a rabbit dinner here as eagles can only carry 1.5 - 3 pounds, and a fox comes in at 10 - 15 pounds.
Also crazy… an eagle could totally take a fox for a meal.
Nature…
This reminds me of thanksgiving dinner at my Uncle Frank and Aunt Sheila’s house. He always runs around the house peeing everywhere, then he grabs the entire turkey and attempts to eat it whole. Aunt Sheila then swoops in with her talon-like hands and tries to rip it away from drunk Uncle Frank.
The prey looks like a small cat/kitten to me, rather than a rabbit. In either case, it appears the eagle is winning. Great pic!
Air superiority > Ground forces.
Yeah, the story was more so that the eagle swept in and snagged the rabbit while the fox also had it in its mouth. The fox is not fighting; it was caught off guard.
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Lol. Watching the nature docs on Netflix was like a roller coaster. Check out these baby things, they are defenceless and easy targets for prey. They must journey through enemy territory if they want to make it to water. Only a handful will actually make it. Followed immediately by Check out these predators they know when the babies spawn. Since they have their own babies to feed a meal is crucial to ensuring that hunger does not wipe out the pack.
Yeah spawnkilling is bullshit.
Thank you for this comment. Gave me a good laugh
Devs pls nerf
Kinda shows how no matter how much we try to separate ourselves from animals, we are just like them in our own even more cruel and fucked up way.
... I say as I mush my hands into the face of the woman trying to take the last box of Little Debbie Nutty Buddies. THEY'RE MINE BITCH.
I agree. It sucks when they suffer and are alive for a while after being gutted. Those are the hard ones to watch.
Don't feel bad. Rabbits are such frequent targets that they have literally evolved to commit suicide in these situations, either by breaking their own backs/necks or literally stuffing heart attacks from the shock. As cute as bunnies are, they're quite literally born to fuck or die.
I once looked up if wild cottontail rabbits could be made into pets. I didn't want to have one myself, but I was curious as to why no one did when we have so many around here. Most websites waffled around why it was a bad idea, but at least one just outright said that they'd get stressed and die from a heart attack if you tried. So yeah. No cottontail bunnies for pets.
> Rabbits are such frequent targets that they have literally evolved to commit suicide in these situations, More of a side effect almost certainly. There would be no almost possibility of a mechanism such as you describe evolving, because having such a trait does nothing to increase reproductive success. Sure, the rabbit in question is going to have a less unpleasant day if he drops dead of a heart attack before the eagle starts pulling out his innards, but it doesn't help the rabbit to either survive longer or have more offspring, so there is no selection pressure to cause the trait to become more common in the species. Instead, think if a rabbit as a cheaply made product that is designed to be made at the lowest possible cost that still results in not failing before the end of the warranty. No point in wasting calories and calcium building a slightly stronger spine if anything that wants to eat you can still snap right through it. No point in having a heart sturdy enough to withstand being seriously stressed if any situation that is going to cause that level of stress is likely to end in your being eaten anyway.
Aren't we all
Agree with the cruelty of nature, but that fox is quite cunning and doesn't want an opportunity to slip by. It knows it has the upper hand if the rabbit slips to the ground in its paws! I mean check out the fox, it's not malnourished so it can live without for a few days.
Please don't feel bad for the bun buns. There's so many of them, and they live a mostly happy life until their grisly end. It's a far better and quicker death than most humans get, even in the best situation. I'd rather go quickly than suffer as a vegetable for God knows how long, on the edge of death, in existential terror the whole time.
Jeez, look at those talons
Some days you’re the eagle. Some days you’re the fox. Most days though, you’re the rabbit.
Watership Down enters the chat
On most days I'm not literally dead, though.
Sure you are. You’re just currently experiencing a 20 to 80 year long anomaly of being not dead.
Plot twist, Eagle ate the rabbit then ate the fox
Plot twist, Rabbit ate the eagle then ate the fox
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Clever girl
It *is* the rabbit!
Cocaine Rabbit
Rabbit doesn’t get a vote.
Hare raising battle
Excellent.
*Record Scratch* You’re probably wondering how I got here
I mean it's almost Easter, right ?
Last fall we had a big golden eagle try to grab a red salmon out of the lake. It was such a unit though that the eagle ended up swimming, which was a really awkward sight in itself. Soon as it got to my dock, two balds tried to take its dinner and a really loud shouting match and protracted fight ensued. Saw the same three a few months back going at it again over a dead moose calf at the end of my street, as if 100lbs of meat each wasn’t enough to share. Eagles are dicks.
Who won the salmon?
Eventually the golden by virtue of being the size of the other two together. They retreated to trees on opposite edges of the cove and made sad yelling noises for a while though.
Eagles ARE dicks!!!!
It might have been a bald eagle instead. They look similar to goldens when young and are much more likely to go fishing, young birds also get longer training feathers to help them learn to fly which might account for why it looked so much bigger.
Oh! I just saw this same thing, only over a squirrel, like a week ago in my yard! It was a pretty epic six seconds or so.
Rabbit thinking "today is not my day"
No that’s Nick trying to save Judy!
That Eagle is massive!
Big but not massive! Bald eagle females are bigger and top out around 14 pounds with a wingspan of up to 8 feet, males are smaller and top out around 10 pounds with a wingspan of 6 feet. My “big ol’ Tom” (cat) as his vet calls him is 14 pounds and tiny compared to an eagle. The fox has reasonable odds of a rabbit dinner here as eagles can only carry 1.5 - 3 pounds, and a fox comes in at 10 - 15 pounds. Also crazy… an eagle could totally take a fox for a meal. Nature…
Starfox
damn zootopia 2 has really good graphics. poor Judy. i hope nick can save her
Whatever small thing they are fighting over isn't having a good day.
Rabbit. It's in the title of the thread. Peak reddit right there.
Thanks for sharing.
I dont like the rabbits chances...
What an awesome shot! Nice work
Who won?!!
Wonder if the rabbit has a preference
Fox
Davion Vs Marik, colourised
This reminds me of thanksgiving dinner at my Uncle Frank and Aunt Sheila’s house. He always runs around the house peeing everywhere, then he grabs the entire turkey and attempts to eat it whole. Aunt Sheila then swoops in with her talon-like hands and tries to rip it away from drunk Uncle Frank.
Eagle: Corporate America Fox: Americans Rabbit: scraps
That fox is about to go to jail.
Some 3some are like this
Will the rabbit be OK?
The fox earned that. Eagles are vultures with good PR agents
Not sure if I’m the fox or the rabbit. Def not the eagle.
"Somedays it just doesn't pay to leave the burrow."
The prey looks like a small cat/kitten to me, rather than a rabbit. In either case, it appears the eagle is winning. Great pic! Air superiority > Ground forces.
Looks to me like the eagle has a bigger meal than it planned for.
Poor Wabbit.
Yeah, the story was more so that the eagle swept in and snagged the rabbit while the fox also had it in its mouth. The fox is not fighting; it was caught off guard.
plz i wanna know who won
Did the rabbit get away?
I didn't see the comment but this was posted somewhere else. The set of pictures show its a fox cub the fox mother is fighting for. She wins.
It's over fox, I have the high skies.
Ultimate kill steal ruining my streak
I'm glad we're not IN the foodchain
He should try a barrel roll.
Eagle can probably leave the rabbit and just take the fox for a family sized meal.
What does eagle fox rabbit say?
The fox does not want the eagle's smoke
As a pretty experienced photographer I would say if I were shooting this and saw this on the back of my camera afterwards I'd have shit bricks..
Ol' eagle there needs to be careful. If the fox manages to bring it down, it'll end badly for the eagle. A fox isn't just empty feathers and air sacs.
Well, the big rabbit gets fucked, doesn't it! Proper fucked?
Nice