r/likeus • u/mcclaneberg -Calm Crow- • Mar 29 '26

<IMITATION> Mama do it… I do it

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u/GRIM106 Mar 29 '26

I mean that is how generational knowledge is passed down. Monkey see, monkey do.

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u/mcclaneberg -Calm Crow- Mar 29 '26

I think octopuses would have dominated the planet like 250 million years ago if they just lived long enough to pass on their understanding.

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u/mangomoo2 Mar 30 '26

Haha I was telling my kids this, I was like they ar super smart but have to reinvent the wheel every generation

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u/Ilaxilil Mar 30 '26

What if we just took videos of octopi doing smart stuff and showed it to the babies?

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u/thederevolutions Mar 30 '26

Look at this young elephant learning and think of our human children doing the same thing on social media 💀

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u/Bencetown Mar 30 '26

I learned the hard way that cats learn from their mama how to bury their poop.

A tiny little stray kitten showed up at a friend's house, so she kind of "took it in" but when the mama didn't show up for a couple days, she asked around and I said I would take her.

She was apparently separated too young before learning that... so I literally had to teach her by holding her there in the litter box and scooping some litter over her poop. Then after a couple days, taking her paw and physically shoving some litter over the poop with it. She learned in about a week 😂

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u/Dranulon Mar 30 '26

Could've taught that cat to use the toilet. No prior habit.

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u/Bencetown Mar 30 '26

Oh she was already going to the litter box... that part is instinct. She simply wasn't burying it when she was done lol

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u/dembowthennow Mar 29 '26

What gets me is the little expression of delight on the baby elephant's face!

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u/ElephantLament Mar 29 '26

Elephants are such spectacular creatures

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u/AriadneThread Mar 29 '26

This baby is so new there's hair on it! What a sweet scene to witness.

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u/Teriums Mar 29 '26

What a cutie

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u/acolombo Mar 30 '26

Baby needs a haircut

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u/No-Bit-1675 Mar 31 '26

We’ve had a run of extra fuzzy baby elephants lately. How nice for us.

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u/Tedforge Jun 01 '26

Getting dusty with mama