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[–] 42 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    This is actually only part true. During the night, as the temperature in their environment drops, most species leave their den or web and seek out the mouth of any nearby sleeping mammals to sleep in, as it will help retain heat. In tests, it has been observed that up to thousands or tens of thousands of spiders will travel up to 10 miles to willingly climb into the open mouth of a sleeping human.

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Mantises live solitary lives, and are cannibalistic. I assume it's more out of indifference than hate, but it's close to what you're looking for.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They are so cannibalistic. I once hatched an egg case in a terrarium and they ate their brothers and sisters almost immediately after hatching. There were baby crickets in there and they did not care for them in the slightest as the mantid population fell like a cobalt state sanctioned murder cube falls on a head.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Oh wow, I totally read the parent comment as ‘manatees’, and was like, “Odd, never heard of that, but okay.”

    Then a dash of, “Holy shit, how’s this guy keeping manatees in a terrarium?”

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I am a fan of large aquaria, but hatching a cannibalistic manatee egg case in one sounds like a terrible way to become the guy in the math problem with a cart full of X cabbages and Y heads of lettuce if I bought an equal amount of each and spent $154.26 with an 8% tax if cabbages cost $2.23 and lettuce cost $3.98.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My kids have a book called "solitary animals," explicitly framed as introverts in nature, and from what I remember of it, it mentions pumas, octopuses, sloths, and eagles.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'm sorry but the correct plural is octopedants.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    Can we stop equating introversion with anti-social?

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Octopi are mostly solitary I think.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Possibly the one thing that is preventing them from creating culture/civilisation with how smart they are. Maybe they'll get their shit together when we're gone. Planet of the apes is too played out.

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  • [+] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I agree with the point you're making. I'd just like to note that the mother doesn't care for her children because she dies taking care of the eggs. The eggs get attached to a ceiling of an underwater cave, and the mother watches the eggs until she dies of starvation. It is theorized that this happens to prevent the mother from eating her children.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Polar bears except when mating, and even then they still hate any offspring that aren't their own. Most big cats like tigers, panthers, and jaguars. Tons of predators are solitary.

    Tons of animals that are solitary should fit the criteria. Hates might not be a completely accurate description, but if they are solitary and territorial then it would be close enough.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I swear I'm not a besserwisser but I recently learned something I found annoyingly interesting and I'm sharing it hoping you will too:

    Panthers aren't a species but usually either a jaguar or leopard if black or a collective name for all large cats belonging to the Pantera family.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think snow leopards only ever meet up if they're dtf. Otherwise they keep large swaths of land to try and guard against any others stepping near their space. Like, hundreds of acres.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago*

    Randy.

    Randy is (was? Not sure if he's still alive) a goat on a friend's farm. Fucker hated everyone and everything and would have to be kept in his own area. Did you know goats can spit? I didn't until I met Randy. Friend told me Randy killed a cat once. Not sure why they didn't just turn him into dinner.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Based on rigorous scientific research conducted on my deck, chipmunks do not like other chipmunks, but in a really adorable way.

    The movies lied to you.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Wolverines are pretty solitary animals

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Betta fish - just make sure to give them a few gallons of water in which to swim, a filter for their poo and a heater in their tank to keep them comfortable year round.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    It's mostly only the males that don't get along with each other. Given enough space, females can be peacefully kept together in sorority tanks. Similarly, a trio or harem (i.e. one male with multiple females) is typically safe as well and the fish get along just fine, given a large enough tank and appropriate stocking.

    Also, most reputable breeders and sources of information will tell you that 5 gallons / 19 liters is the minimum suggested tank size for a happy and healthy fish in optimal conditions. While they can certainly survive in much smaller bodies of water, it's not ideal and in some cases it's actually harmful.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Orangutans are solitary for most of their lives

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    Puffer fish

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Pandas for sure.

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