Comments by "Gaza is not Amalek" (@Ass_of_Amalek) on "Blind opossum had no one in the world. This woman became his everything." video.

  1. I think it's actually possible that this one was abandoned during a fitness test that he failed because of his blindness. lots of animal parents reject their young when they notice a disability. it makes evolutionary sense to not feed young that don't have a decent chance of surviving and procreating. in animals with litters of multiples, the other litter mates get fed more that way, and in animals with only one young per birth (horses for example, which also reject foals quite often), not feeding a disabled baby lets the mother gather fat reserves for the next breeding season. I think in most cases, it happens right after birth/hatching, but it's plausible that blindness in particular would take a while for the opossum mother to notice - sylvester was able to feed and hold on and navigate in close proximity, and looked generally normal. what a lot of animals are wired for is for parents to reject young with large physical deformities.
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