Animals
Exploring "Why" questions about Animals
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Why do spiders wrap up bugs stuck in their webs instead of just eating them or biting them to poison them?
Most spiders like to eat their bugs alive, and wrapping them up keeps them from going anywhere while the spider eats them.
Why were all animals bigger before?
Roughly 300 million years ago, giant insects scuttled around and fluttered over the planet, with dragonflies bearing wingspans comparable to hawks at two-and-a-half feet. Back then, oxygen made up 35
Why can’t we just eradicate mosquitoes and stop all the diseases they spread.
We're working on it. Eradicating a species as invasive as the mosquito isn't exactly easy. Can't exactly just spray pesticide everywhere.
Why do humans have a variety of features but other animals have “set features”?
Animals do have a variety of distinguishing features. However, you're a human, so you look for aspects that would let you distinguish two human beings, but you would be looking for completely the wron
Why are animal infants smarter than human infants?
In order for humans to walk up-right their hips had to narrow, because of this the baby's head (and therefore brain) couldn't be as big. Therefore, human babies are actually born before they are fully
Why do domesticated animals (dogs, cats) like to be pet?
It is a relaxing experience that reminds them of when they were young and being groomed by their parent(s) Edit: spelling
Why are the ~5 million non-Jewish people exterminated by the Nazis often not considered part of The Holocaust and why don’t we have a name for what happened to them?
Well, like the quote you put pointed out - they are considered part of the Holocaust. As to why the focus in mainly on the Jews, that's because the focus *was* mainly on the Jews. They were the target
Why do horses have jockeys? Greyhounds don’t, and they race just fine.
Greyhounds chase a fake rabbit to encourage them to run. Horses have no such stimulus that will encourage them to run their fastest in a predictable path.
Why does Doha, Qatar have such a massive skyline when it’s population is only 2 million. Who is benefiting from all those buildings?
In terms of area covered, Doha is relatively average for its population. You can go to google maps and compare the city to others of comparable size, and see it's not that huge compared to others. As
why does a common house fly insist on repeatedly landing on a person despite having an entire property to fly around in?
To lick off your sweat. At least some species anyway. Human sweat is full of salt and protein (more so than other animals because of our high salt intake).