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A non-predator mammal with front facing eyes: llamas.
Are llamas' eyes not side-facing? That's what it looks like in photos to me
They need them for spitting.
Llamas are dangerous, so if you see one where people are swimming, you shout: Look out, there are llamas!
This joke only works in Spanish.
"Cuidado, hay llamas!" ... I don't get it.
Llamas also means flames.
I know. But I can't find the humor in imagining a pool with fire. Also, in spanish we would say "on" instead of "in" to apply the secons meaning. Or at leas to me that's how it would really mean that there's fire at the pool: "la pileta esta en llamas" vs. "hay llamas en la pileta".
Anyway... I am just an overthinker..
pretty sure they face forwards. That's what Minecraft ones look like, anyway, and a quick search of real ones look like they have forward-facing eyes
Source: Minecraft block model is a legendary reply
Only when its also correct. I will not abide by the color of minecraft spruce wood.
They're sideways facing eyes, but a bit diagonal. Definitely not forward facing though. They're just a bit bulgy.
So like halfway. I'm half right then. Half of a yes!
Pandas as well. Non-predator but clearly front facing eyes.
Pandas are descendants of omnivores with a predator streak, them rat fucking their diet to near koala levels of bad doesn't really factor in yet.
Or they need it that way to learn kung-fu
...i am withholding all judgments on pandas until my full research has been completed...i heard something on the internet...
But Pandas are bears and haven't changed much. They eat plants and their guts have not even evolved to do so yet. They are a wonder.
Yeah, but Pandas aren't herbivores, they're vegetarians. They're too slow and clumsy to actually hunt prey, so the only thing they can catch is bamboo (which is the fastest growing plant, so I guess that's something...sort of...). Anyway, the point is, Pandas as a species are from a family of predators, and they would absolutely eat meat if you gave it to them.
Is this because pandas used to be carnivorous? (they have sharp canine teeth despite pretty much only eating bamboo)
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