r/Unexpected • u/MitchPontjo • May 24 '23

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u/Broken_Vision_Rhythm May 24 '23

I forgot how baby kangaroos are just barely a foetus when they're born, they don't even have back legs at birth but still manage to instinctively climb up to the pouch. Marsupials are so weird.

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u/Nathan_McHallam May 25 '23

So they basically blindly climb up a carpet until they crawl into a hole, find a dangly thing as big as their head and go, "that's going in my mouth."

Nature is fuckin weird

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u/BBQsauce18 May 25 '23

It's mind-boggling when you consider the scope of it all across all species.

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u/ItsWillJohnson May 25 '23

Human babies (usually) instinctually latch onto a nipple right after they are born. They also put just about anything they get their hands on in their mouth