Lexam ( @Lexam@lemmy.ca ) English53•2 months agoSo they admit there are predatory Muppets.
Track_Shovel ( @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) English22•2 months ago zaphod ( @zaphod@sopuli.xyz ) English16•2 months agoCookie monster is definitely a predator.
Rose Thorne(She/Her) ( @NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee ) English15•2 months agoLook at Animal.
They keep him drugged up, and he’s still barely controlled. Without the darts every 3 hours, he’d tear everyone else to shreds just to feed the hunger within him.
snooggums ( @snooggums@midwest.social ) English11•2 months agohttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/elmo-puppeteer-kevin-clash-cleared-of-sexual-abuse-charges/
Cleared by the statute of limitations…
joao ( @joao@aussie.zone ) English26•2 months agoBig bird has forward facing eyes, which is usually the mark of a predator.
hsdkfr734r ( @hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl ) English25•2 months agoElefants have them too!
I’m sure there is an exception for creatures made from fabric and foam, somewhere.
odium ( @odium@programming.dev ) English17•2 months agoMakes sense. Evolution gives prey animals eyes with as wide a field of vision as possible, so they can detect predators better. Elephants are too large for predators to mess with and so is big bird.
manucode ( @manucode@infosec.pub ) English9•2 months agoThe elephant in the picture though is smaller than a mouse
blindsight ( @blindsight@beehaw.org ) English2•2 months agoCan confirm. I measured on my screen, estimating the trunk length extended, and it’s about 6 cm trunk to tail (or 2⅜" in the US).
flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) English13•2 months agoMaybe it evolved from a predatory ancestor and didn’t get selected for different position of the eyes?
PhlubbaDubba ( @PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ) English3•2 months agoWe know from Big Bird’s extended family that his species has a wide spread of individual variation, and given that none of them reside in the wild none of them are likely to suffer predation due to what would otherwise be a mal-adaptation, providing a springboard for even more genetic variation from generation to generation.
Just look at how wildly different looking specific humans can be from one another, even within a single community.