I have another discussion to add
Has Nature gone wrong, you think? Sometimes it seems like evolution is not really helping, for example:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES32UFlPOUA

Why would any animal evolve into something that can barely move and run away? Ok, it's super cute, and reminds me of one of the Angels of Evangelion, but nevertheles...
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 18 May 2011, 13:24, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

evolution is random
if it's that shit it'll die out soon enough. if it hasn't died out then it can't be that shit.

edit: posted that before the link had loaded. Sloths are awesome, and I don't think they have many predators.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:26, Reply)

Well
It's not very well prepared to defend himself from anything, is he?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 18 May 2011, 13:28, Reply)

It doesn't need to be fast in its natural habitat, and I'm quite sure it wasn't expecting someone to build a road right through it.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:28, Reply)

I've seen them in their naturan habitat
and they must taste awful, because by now they should all have been eaten by leopards.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 18 May 2011, 13:29, Reply)

if I were a leopard I wouldn't bother with a sloth.

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:31, Reply)

No challenge.

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:32, Reply)

exactly
if you are hardcore enough to kill a gorilla and drag its carcass up a tree why would you bother with something so slow and with so little meat on it?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:33, Reply)

snack

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:34, Reply)

The animal kingdom equivalent of an after dinner mint.

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:37, Reply)

Waffer theeen sloth

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:38, Reply)

I think I found the reason why leopards don't eat them
As much as two-thirds of a well-fed sloth's body-weight consists of the contents of its stomach; which are partially digested leaves. Mmmmm delicious!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 18 May 2011, 13:44, Reply)

Not even for the cubs to train?
As I said, they have to be really disgusting. Maybe that's what evolution has given them.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 18 May 2011, 13:35, Reply)

Hi!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:33, Reply)

Oh hai!

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:36, Reply)

Why not?
They seem very easy to catch.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 18 May 2011, 13:33, Reply)

well
they live up trees for the most part, not too much of a problem for a leopard, but they do have some pretty savage claws, and if I am risking a savage mauling then I'm going to want more meat as a reward.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:44, Reply)

They have savage claws
that they move at the impressive speed of 1mm/h... yes, I'd be scared too.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 18 May 2011, 13:46, Reply)

You'd find a wildebesst
and have a nice medium rare steak on an open fire.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:35, Reply)

I love this
I dislike the annoying tourists.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:32, Reply)

I dislike them too
but then, I was the same when I saw the first one. They are so cute... it's impossible not wanting to take 100 pictures of them.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 18 May 2011, 13:34, Reply)

True
I love animals, but I very much believe in not disturbing them in the wild. I'd find it pretty distressing if a load of brightly dressed giants were looming over me with flashy clicky things.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:40, Reply)

You're right there
At least I was keeping the 2m recommended distance and not touching them. One of them had 20 people around him, touching, offering food, shouting at him, taking pictures... it looked so unhappy.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 18 May 2011, 13:43, Reply)

Good good,
That I can appreciate. If you're a good distance away and their not distressed then it's fine.
But that's awful, the poor thing.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:46, Reply)

I know
It was trying to scape from them, and it looked so pathetic, on the floor, trying to reach the eagles area, which is partially protected and people can't walk in. We looked at it for more than 20min and it hadn't managed when we left.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 18 May 2011, 13:47, Reply)

Aww, this is making me have a sad.

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:51, Reply)

Don't think about it
I bet he's fine now.

You can think about the coatis, and how they'd bite people going too close or offering food, passing them the rabbies.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 18 May 2011, 13:59, Reply)

It's been the best part of a month since I completed my challenge
and I haven't seen any tits yet.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:35, Reply)

tell her like it is

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:38, Reply)

I said if you didn't manage it you'd never get to see them again.
I never specified I'd go out of my way to show you if you did.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:38, Reply)

Oh man, I feel totally cheated
All that effort I went to.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:39, Reply)

Sorry dear.
Should have read the small print.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:42, Reply)

I couldn't, there were breasts in the way.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:43, Reply)

Well they weren't mine
Therefore: not my problem.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:47, Reply)

THIS is why you need a lawyer
now you have no tits
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:45, Reply)

If only I had had you as a lawyer, I would have two lots of tits.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:47, Reply)

three, including your own

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 13:49, Reply)

while we're posting animal vids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm31xBjfMNY
(PsychoChomp, Wed 18 May 2011, 14:01, Reply)