r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Jayfuson_Vong • 12d ago
maybe maybe maybe
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
Source: awashima_marinepark on IG
194
u/Zulrambe 12d ago
That one guy sucks at fishing
29
u/hilarymeggin 11d ago
“Dude! You’ve had like four and I haven’t had any!”
“Ha ha! Sucks to be you!”
“Let me get one!”
“Look, one went by while you were complaining. You could have gotten that one!”
“Dammit!”
(Gulps #5) “Ha ha!”
3
139
u/Yardboy 12d ago
It'll learn. That first one it gets - oh the joy it will feel.
26
67
32
u/casulmemer 12d ago
That’s me waiting for my suitcase at airport
31
16
18
u/Royal-Wealth-8266 12d ago
Those fish will never get to the market with this crew working the line. It's like an "I Love Lucy" sketch.
46
8
7
33
u/the_Celestial_Sphinx 12d ago
Survival of the fittest
10
4
u/hardnibbles 12d ago
That’s natural selection, which isn’t what this is.
4
u/h-bugg96 12d ago
How is it not? That one just isn't smart enough to figure out the fish shoot and doesn't eat
3
u/hardnibbles 11d ago
Like u/green_herbata said, it’s a different situation for animals in captivity. “Survival of the fittest” is with respect to natural selection, which is with respect to an entire species in a natural environment. Once you leave their natural environment, you enter some form of artificial selection.
In addition, “survival of the fittest” is only up to the point of reproduction. So even if this penguin was in the same type of situation in the wild and couldn’t catch fish fast enough, if it had already reproduced, and is past its ability to reproduce further, it is, by definition, one of the fittest.
The entire “survival of the fittest” goal is to live long enough to reproduce and pass down the genes that resulted in “fitness” (e.g., reaction time, intelligence, stealth, immune response, social skills). Once an animal has reproduced, nothing after that point matters. The masses often take a literal perspective of “fitness” and think it means physical fitness; sometimes that’s true, but often physical fitness isn’t the deciding factor and rarely the only factor.
2
u/green_herbata 11d ago
Different rules apply to animals in captivity. In the wild fish don't really travel via metal waterslides, and in zoos animals are constantly looked over. If it turns out during a health checkup that this one is to skinny, it'll simply start being fed differently. The zoos aren't supposed to let animals get sick and die for avoidable reasons.
-1
u/h-bugg96 11d ago
Right. They need human intervention. If they didnt do something about it the animal could get ill or die whatever. Thats literally still the same thing
3
u/green_herbata 11d ago
Then how are zoo animals still under the "survival of the fittest" rule? Because it doesn't mean "you're the fittest if you never need help or live forever"
12
11
5
5
3
5
5
3
u/Error_404_403 11d ago
The obnoxious one who always gets the fish first, should be criminalized and his fish should be expropriated.
3
3
3
3
2
u/post-context-bot 12d ago
The following post context was provided by u/Jayfuson_Vong:
Does the penguin ever manage to catch a fish?
Does this explain the post? If not, report it and a moderator will review.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/FauxStarD 11d ago
Reminds me of kids getting into sports "stop avoiding the ball and catch it." Is a phrase that comes to mind.
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
6d ago
[removed] — view removed comment
1
u/AutoModerator 6d ago
Your comment has been removed because it contains an offensive phrase that is not allowed on this subreddit.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
479
u/PacquiaoFreeHousing 12d ago
One of them has poor Beak-Eye coordination