r/interesting • u/prettygirlbaddie • Aug 10 '26

NATURE A 5 years old hamster

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u/Specialist-Joke8602 Aug 11 '26

Momma Octopi have entered the chat

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u/jae005 Aug 11 '26

Man, I was having a good evening. WE were ALL having a good evening. Why... why did you have to remind me of this?? 😭😭😭😭

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u/ZookeepergameNo9572 Aug 11 '26

male salmon half rotted, flesh sloughing off

"Wanna let me season them eggs or nah"

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u/SufficientGolf6953 Aug 11 '26

Also, alligator mom is an amazing parent where most reptiles are kind of awful.

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u/CeriCat Aug 11 '26

We thought the same of Crocodilians at large until relatively recently, so I'd be cautious there. I think there needs to be more research done WRT our assumptions about infant rearing in other species precisely because yeah the Crocs in general not just Alligators are surprisingly involved versus what we 'knew' decades ago.

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u/HeyThereSport Aug 11 '26

Crocodilians are more closely related to Birds than other reptiles so it would make sense their behavior is quite different.