snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoIf someone said “humans suck, but nature is a perfectly beautiful creation 😍” what examples would you think of that show nature being (1) independent of humans and (2) brutal and grotesque?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down14
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareIf someone said “humans suck, but nature is a perfectly beautiful creation 😍” what examples would you think of that show nature being (1) independent of humans and (2) brutal and grotesque?snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-square0x01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 days agoPredators eating prey alive, like lions eating bison from their bellies first.
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoOuch. Looked it up. Its brutal. https://enviroliteracy.org/do-lions-eat-their-prey-alive/ TIL lions eat some prey alive because it saves the lions energy. They avoid spending too much energy killing a prey that is difficult to kill. Instead, they incapacitate (but not kill) a prey and start eating right away.
Predators eating prey alive, like lions eating bison from their bellies first.
Ouch. Looked it up. Its brutal. https://enviroliteracy.org/do-lions-eat-their-prey-alive/
TIL lions eat some prey alive because it saves the lions energy. They avoid spending too much energy killing a prey that is difficult to kill. Instead, they incapacitate (but not kill) a prey and start eating right away.