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[–] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 37 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm incredibly dumb in biology but the joke is that hienas, hedgehogs and that specific bird species always leave their children alone and stranded after a certain age?

[–] HeroHelck@lemmy.dbzer0.com 65 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I assume the joke is that they have very difficult birthing processes?

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 66 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Left to right we have

  • traumatic birth through pseudopenis
  • SPIKEY BABY
  • giant egg
[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago

On the porcupine the babies quills, kinda like horse hooves, are soft at first and begin to harden afterwards but aren't super spiky for a few days. But yeah a split psuedo banana and an egg that is almost literally the same size as you aren't picnics

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Especially the hyena…

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 day ago

I think that bird is a kiwi