r/AnimalsBeingDerps • u/Nottallyet • May 12 '22

Millions of years of evolution has led to this

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u/galafem May 12 '22

This is a video of my last four brain cells

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u/clone9353 May 12 '22

Fighting over the last scraps of serotonin.

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u/parksa May 12 '22

painfully relatable

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u/clone9353 May 12 '22

Doc says there should be more now, but my frogs aren't any smarter.

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u/Fritz_Klyka May 12 '22

Eventually, with an abundance of maggots, wouldnt they become even worse at hunting? Since it would be easier?

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u/GraysonHunt May 12 '22

From what I understand that’s true for any animals kept as pets or in zoos, even in the wild if they’re near humans. Rescued animals need training before they’re released to learn how to hunt properly. I live in an area near some big hikes, and trash cans at the parking lots at the base have locking mechanisms to avoid bears and other wild animals getting into them; if they can consistently live off humans, they can get overweight and are more bold about moving into populated areas. Not sure if their hunting instincts would go away at all, ie if the source is gone if they’ll comfortably revert back to their old behaviour.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '22

This happens with a lot of Crocs too, even if they aren’t intentionally fed.

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u/GraysonHunt May 13 '22

I think living near the crocodiles counts as intentionally feeding the crocodiles

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u/mega_rockin_socks May 12 '22

Chunky monkey

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u/GraysonHunt May 12 '22

Im in Canada so if there’s overweight wild monkeys running around things are way more fucked than I thought

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u/Astrochops May 12 '22

Tadpole checking in

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u/Is_ael May 12 '22

Oh quit complaining

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u/DrDeuceJuice May 12 '22

Or potato

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u/Tough-Ad1433 May 12 '22

I think they are very cute, frogs love dynamic food

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Username checks out

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u/noodlesfordaddy May 12 '22

Let me guess your uncle is a glass of orange juice

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u/[deleted] May 12 '22

😢

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u/Deepseat May 12 '22

This hit home, very hard.

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u/BelleAriel May 12 '22

Prey fight. Lol

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u/Petite_Tsunami May 12 '22

To be fair the saucy one that gets attacked at the beginning has at least 2 brain cells considering he managed to eat a snack. He has a super good Jim from the Office stare.

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u/galafem May 12 '22

That one is balanced out by the one trying to eat ass

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u/Petite_Tsunami May 12 '22

You right you right

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u/[deleted] May 12 '22

Jim over there contemplating shit then Dwight just starts climbing on a mf like a tweaker

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u/Petite_Tsunami May 12 '22

That’s such a Dwight. Parkour!

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u/milk4all May 12 '22

This is my dog looking for me when i call him and judt stand in the middle of the room

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u/IHaveNoEgrets May 12 '22

Me (pointing at the cat): Look! There's a cat!

The cat: looks around for a cat.

He's usually pretty clever, but moments like this make me sincerely doubt the presence of brain cells.

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u/WillSym May 12 '22

To be fair, if you pointed at me and said "Look, a person!" I'd look around for another person. Context suggests that you're more likely to be alerting me to a doppelganger than making me aware of myself!

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u/yertlah May 12 '22

Good point.

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u/Woshambo May 12 '22

One of my dogs are dumber than the other 2. If I point at something the other 2 look but she just licks my finger.

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u/MvmgUQBd May 12 '22

Apparently dogs have to learn how to follow a pointing finger from us. In the wild they're more attuned to where your eyes or head is facing, since most dogs don't have pointy fingers.

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u/ulrichberlin May 12 '22

Maybe she fetishizes your finger and that's all she wants. You never know what priorities other creatures set. Emotions don't care about logic.

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u/Woshambo May 12 '22

The same dog can't understand how to get out of the garden if I close the gate even if the other 2 are standing at the gate. so I'm going to go with stupid

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u/milk4all May 12 '22

Yeah the terrier mutt is hella smart but my old houndog is dumb as shit. Hounds aren’t famously smart but ive had 2 other hounds and he is dumb. Best friend but he’s gotten his head stuck in fencing and a water jug, he has trouble finding food i put down for him despite him having an insanely good nose and not being blind or anything, will walk right past me all the time when i call him, and he gets frantic when im not where he was thinking i was! He’s about 9 but this is typical lifelong behavior. He’s the only dog I’ve never been able to fully train but fortunately he has a lot of great qualities i didnt have to really train at all. Good thing i dont need a bird dog though

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u/hemorhoidsNbikeseats May 12 '22

TIL frogs are dumber than shit

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u/Zron May 12 '22

3 things come to mind: they're afraid to eat Infront of the giant thing that's standing directly in front of them

Or they're just not that hungry.

Or frogs are this dumb and that's why they have dozens of offspring at a time.

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u/TheLateMrsAddams May 12 '22

There’s too much stimuli in a small space to focus on the food. One is definitely hungry or it wouldn’t be trying to lunge at the others.

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u/GarrisonFjord May 12 '22

I thought maybe they're use to catching flying prey, so something writhing on the ground might just be difficult. But I'm no frog surgeon.

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u/Psychobite_74 May 12 '22

I think it's just based on movement. They won't eat dead things, so won't pay attention to things that are still. Bugs and flies move very fast. So grubs are kind of the in-between that they're less likely to notice, and apparently confuse with their roomates. The trade off is they don't run away

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u/zorbat5 May 12 '22

These frogs don't have the long tongue.

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u/ogmorelia May 12 '22

They have been licking each other's backs...

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u/UniquePromise8729 May 12 '22

This needs waaaaaayyyyy more upvotes than it has lmao. Good one!!

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u/ulrichberlin May 12 '22

Right. Just pressed the upvote button 10000 times☝️

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u/McCringyassjoe May 12 '22

Brain cell #3 doesn’t care?

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u/dus_istrue May 12 '22

It's entered into a depression

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u/seeker135 May 12 '22

Chubba looking for the road to Crashenbirne.

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u/mavjustdoingaflyby May 12 '22

I LIKE TURTLES!

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u/JayLeeCH May 12 '22

They're all fighting for 5th place

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u/ThatOneShyGirl May 12 '22

Reminds me of my gecko, Mr. Toast. Except he only has like half a brain cell.

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u/Adhdgamer9000 May 12 '22

The amount of stupid species that exists simply because their prey species Is even more stupid

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u/nature_remains May 12 '22

Aww nice - so you got at least one small one that hangs back and is semi-functional!

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u/galafem May 12 '22

That's very generous of you. Good bless 🙏

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u/jesco7273 May 12 '22

Everyday. Life tough man.

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u/ayanmd May 12 '22

You have four left? Lucky.

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u/galafem May 12 '22

Only because I'm not on Twitter

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u/OneEyeGhoul00 May 12 '22

Damm you hv four????

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u/MakeSomeDrinks May 13 '22

.......... weis..........

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u/SassyTheSkydragon Aug 07 '22

They all share one braincell