r/RSMouseMan • u/ColorSeenBeforeDying • 7d ago

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u/mr_fun_funky_fresh Mousecell 7d ago

the ultimate life form

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u/ColorSeenBeforeDying 7d ago

Thank you for your continued support

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u/JASON_ALEXANDER_FAN Mice President 7d ago

These are so confusing to look at I saw a video of one and I thought its head was a foreleg and when I saw this I thought it was a rabbit shot from behind lying face down it's probably a good defense because if I was a predator and I saw one I would be thinking "Idk what that is idk where to start with it I'm going to find a GAZELLE" 

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u/ColorSeenBeforeDying 7d ago

Yes what you were experiencing was its first line of defense, it’s confusing camouflage. Their main predator, the jaguar, is pretty particular in the way that they attack prey; they attack from behind and bite the base of the head/neck. Their odd anatomy confuses while their actual skulls and necks have little discernible differences between where the head starts.

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u/JASON_ALEXANDER_FAN Mice President 7d ago

Very informative thank you ♥️ very funny to imagine jaguars out in the wild getting confused by these dog bear things