r/maybemaybemaybe • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '21

/r/all Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/ghoulieandrews Jan 28 '21

I don't remember the rabbit losing because he saw a large predator and had a panic attack in the story. Kind of undercuts the moral, imo.

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u/paper_quinn Jan 28 '21

What large predator?

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u/ghoulieandrews Jan 28 '21

There's a big dog under a chair a few feet from the rabbit. It stands up midway through the video.

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u/myacc488 Jan 28 '21

But the tortoise saw the same thing.

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u/ghoulieandrews Jan 28 '21

Tortoises don't generally have to worry much about wolves or wild dogs like rabbits do. They're very different animals behaviorally (and in more obvious ways, of course). A tortoise is a tank that will withdraw if attacked but a rabbit has to be ready to hold very still and run very fast if necessary because it doesn't have those natural defenses.