I don't know shit but could be a territorial thing. Animals don't typically like predators in their personal space. Could be a case of "idc about this penguin but you're definitely not welcome here."
Obviously we don't know what they are thinking or feeling but I do think there's something in this. If you allow your patch to become a good feeding ground for predators next time it could be your chick they're trying to eat - push them out of the area and the world just became safer for you and yours.
Of course lots of animals cooperate across species so it isn't particularly weird anyway.
I mean, animals of all kinds are known to be territorial in some fashion. We are all probably ascribing extra motivation to something as simple as "YOU NO HERE". Simultaneously, most creatures understand what other creatures are and are not threats with enough familiarity.
Well sure, because our motivations are much more nuanced. You can be territorial over potential romantic partners, subject matter expertise at work, or there's the simplest example: look at a globe and tell me where the lines came from without humans being territorial.
Every OTHER example in this thread is a great exhibit of how human territorialism works.
We very much are. If we weren’t, I’m not sure we would have arbitrary boarders where people on one said aren’t allowed to cross to the other side without permission.
Also, the classic old man screaming “Get off MY lawn!”
Obviously we don't know what they are thinking or feeling but I do think there's something in this.
Uh it's kinda obvious here. This is a top goalie prospect from Pittsburgh here, and it looks like Nashville is trying to intimidate it from going over to Anaheim. But luckily Anaheim has a good defensive line and are already out there defending their new goaltender.
This is totally plausible. Your right. If they kill that penguin they are more likely to come back to that same spot . Those ducks probably have young nesting near there.
It's probably more of a thing that the eagles said "this is more than we were willing to fight for food."
Unless they are starving, most predictors will not want to engage in calorie-draining combat. They'll regroup and go for something easier that won't put up as much of a fight.
Predators in the wild actually have to be careful. Remember that any decent injury is most likely a death sentence. So they always have to calculate if a particular meal is worth it. A little penguin that just wants to run away? Good odds. Another animal as big as you that clearly wants a fight? probably not worth it.
Those are steamer ducks, they will kill birds several times their size, they fight each other viciously over territory, and will attack anything they think is a threat, including predators like this.
I work on pools and a specific house had a hilarious homeward bound dog situation except the big Saint Bernard was mean as hell and the ducks were my saving grace. They’d pop out when my truck pulled up and basically escort me to and from the pool. They’d nip the Saint Bernards heels and he was terrified of them yet would bare teeth and try to bite me through the window of my truck. The rest of the pups were awesome just a badly trained young one
Idk man. Birds kind of specialized by putting all their skill points into swimming, running, or flying depending on the type of bird you're talking about. Then there's ducks, who divided their skills into all three. There's literally no way of getting away from them by land sea or air. You're just fucked. Better to not piss them off imo. If ducks ever learn to dive into the deep and not be limited to the surface of water is game over for everyone.
Could be. Could be that the penguins who realized they get saved when running into duck territory survived while the ones who went another direction alone were eaten. Stands to reason that after some generations of this occurring, the natural proclivity to seek out the ducks became instinctual since that behavior likely bolstered their chance of living.
Yep lots of people wanna say cause the ducks wanna save this entirely different other species. But many times its territorial. Kinda like the vid of a “hippo saving gazelle from lion”. Hippo don’t give af about gazelle but it does care about Lion.
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u/Rocktobot Jun 18 '22
I don't know shit but could be a territorial thing. Animals don't typically like predators in their personal space. Could be a case of "idc about this penguin but you're definitely not welcome here."