Post by Omni_Kno'est (@nkang_richard_etima_omni)

Mother quokkas do not intentionally pick up and throw their babies at predators like a weapon.

However, when chased, a frightened mother may relax the muscles of her pouch, causing the joey to fall out.

The abandoned baby then squeals and moves around, attracting the predator's attention while the mother escapes.

As harsh as this sounds, it is a brutal survival strategy shaped by evolution. For the mother, surviving means she can reproduce again in the future.

In fact, quokkas are marsupials and can often have another embryo already waiting in a paused developmental state, ready to continue growing if the current joey is lost.

Quokkas live in environments where predators can strike suddenly, and not every offspring survives to adulthood. While humans naturally see the behavior as selfish or cruel, animals do not make these decisions based on morality.

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