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[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 24 points 1 month ago

For those of you heathens who are not familiar, this is a pudu, the best tiny deer in the world.

That is all. You're all welcome.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago

How can something so grossly oversimplified be so true?

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

One is expected to be protected and nurtured after it’s born, the other is expected to enter the Thunderdome days later.

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

At birth*. Deer will drop a Bambi at full sprint to distract a predator.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

Newborn giraffes fall from the uturus 2 meters high.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Type 2 is a problem with the receptor, you monsters.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This also happens with birds. I believe there are even biological names for those groups.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Comparing newborn chicks vs. baby ravens is hilarious for this reason

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

Deer confirmed as reptilian invaders from space, noted.

[–] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Reading about monotremes is always a fun rabbit-hole

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

It's even worse with birds. You have chicks, ducklings, -aand everything else.

[–] ech@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Are we? Baby humans are cute af.

Both baby animals in the pic are also adorable

[–] starbrite@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Cuteness is in the eye of the beholder...

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

That is not the aspect that differentiates the types.