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> ...gave me the impression of that zebra being very stoic... Shock serves a purpose in nature.

• musage 9y ago
  It didn't freeze though, it fought against 3-4 crocodiles in deep water, shaking them off for long enough to walk on land while guts were spilling out. If you mean adrenaline numbing pain, sure, and both fight and flight were present, true. But what point are you making in the context of my point? Is there one? And do you include humans in "nature"? Because the suicidal behaviour a parasite can force on an ant do also serves a purpose "in nature", but mostly for the parasite. For a biologist, it might be all fine, for the ant, it's not.