sunrat Posted October 15, 2021 Posted October 15, 2021 21 minutes ago, securitybreach said: Â Not quite true, but loosely based on fact: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-03-12/quokka-babies-daddy-long-legs-australian-animal-myths/13188740 1 Quote
securitybreach Posted October 16, 2021 Posted October 16, 2021 58 minutes ago, sunrat said: Â Not quite true, but loosely based on fact: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-03-12/quokka-babies-daddy-long-legs-australian-animal-myths/13188740 Â Sort of true but not in the way the meme makes it out to be. Still kind of neat. Â Quote "The pouch is really muscular so the mum will relax it and the bub will fall out," conservation biologist Matthew Hayward from the University of Newcastle says. Â "The youngsters flail around on the ground and hiss and make noise and the mum gets away." Â It's the "ultimate survival strategy" that's only really available to marsupials, according to kangaroo ecologist and behavioural expert Graeme Coulson from the University of Melbourne. "[The mother is] interested in her own survival and her future reproduction," Associate Professor Coulson said. Â Quote
Bookmem Posted October 16, 2021 Posted October 16, 2021 1 hour ago, securitybreach said: If I go into the bathroom, I don't need to remember why. My bladder reminds me. 1 Quote
securitybreach Posted October 16, 2021 Posted October 16, 2021 33 minutes ago, Bookmem said: If I go into the bathroom, I don't need to remember why. My bladder reminds me.  Right..that was the point Quote
amenditman Posted October 17, 2021 Author Posted October 17, 2021 28 minutes ago, securitybreach said: Does black with 1/2 of a sugar count as black coffee? Quote
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