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Timely-Huckleberry73 t1_j9r6kbr wrote

Reply to comment by seaspirit331 in Mice Choose Mating Over Food, Even When Hungry by molrose96

Also mates are generally much more scarce than food (especially for non-carnivores). If a mouse was to pass at a chance to mate in order to eat who knows when it would have a chance to mate again, but if a mouse were to pass at a chance to eat in order to mate it is very likely that it would be able to find some food soon after.

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comradesean t1_j9rh26v wrote

And after enough time passes you can just eat the babies. om nom nom

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Timely-Huckleberry73 t1_j9rifei wrote

An animals first store of energy is glycogen, it’s second is fat and it’s third is babies

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AmethystRealm2049 t1_j9s4zd5 wrote

Seriously. You mean I get to avoid the responsibility of being a parent AND I GET A SNACK?!

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