Animals
Exploring "Why" questions about Animals
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Why don’t we mass produce animals going extinct like we do cows and chickens?
It's hard to reintroduce a condor to the wild if it's never flown. The conditions animals live in prior to being butchered isn't really conducive to longterm life, let alone teaching animals how to cu
Why do chickens lay eggs all of the time, while many other birds only do so once a year?
Selective breeding (only breeding from the chickens which lay the most eggs) has led to chickens who produce way more eggs than wild birds.
Why do altcoins like dogecoin have little real value, while other coins like Bitcoin do?
It's the same thing that makes a currency more valuable than another - it's only valuable if enough people agree it has value and adopt it. I could buy a printing press tomorrow, but I'd need a little
Why are there spiders in EVERY. DAMN. RPG. EVER.?
I demand that you go look at pictures of cute jumping spiders and purge yourself of this bigotry.
Why do flys/bees fly in very erratic patterns rather than move in a straight line?
Although flying in a straight line may be a more energy efficient path, the erratic flight patterns mean that their movement is less predictable by predators such as birds. Overtime this evolutionary
Why is something like steak able to be eaten more acceptably whilst undercooked while something chicken isn’t?
Chicken and pork are likely to carry diseases, specifically salmonella and trichinosis. Steak and fish are less likely to have disease, so rare steak and sushi are safe as long as they're sourced prop
Why do human children create such a big fuss about eating food, while their counterparts in the rest of the animal kingdom don’t display similarly recalcitrant behaviour?
They're the only ones being told to eat at a particular time and place, regardless of how they are feeling or of what else is currently holding their interest. Occurring before they've been trained to
Why do animals not get sick from drinking puddle water (or any stagnant water) whereas it can be very dangerous for us ?
Animals *do* get sick from drinking bad water. All the time. They're lousy with parasites.
Why do people want power and control?
Evolution favors it. People with lots of power are more likely to command resources that benefit their offspring, increasing their survival rate.
why humans (and mammals in general) don’t poop and pee out of one hole like birds and lizards.
TL:DR - It's literally just the way our tracts work. Birds and lizards have completely different systems than humans. When you drink something or eat food with fluids, it gets absorbed into your body