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Animals in the wild are generally unable to plan ahead and let fruit ripen optimally since if demand is high enough, the only result will be another animal comi
by smallnamespace 8y ago
Animals in the wild are generally unable to plan ahead and let fruit ripen optimally since if demand is high enough, the only result will be another animal coming along to eat it first.
Also, it's well known that predators prey not just on old and sick individuals but also the young. Predators don't plan ahead, they eat whatever is available and accessible.
- anigbrowl 8y agoAll true, but recall that attacking infant animals tends to be riskier, and that these pressures operate at the population rather than individual level. A population that's too good at targeting baby prey will go hungry later, all other things being equal.
- xaedes 8y agomaybe that is why, even when experienced, the least, certainly no whole population, do act on a cute aggression impulse?