#CuriousQuestion: Have you ever wondered if there are animals that can’t become obese, no matter how much they eat? 🤔 Like, no matter their size, they just grow into a bigger, gnarlier version of themselves? 🦁🐢
Okay, hear me out – I’m not trying to promote obesity in animals or anything. Just genuinely intrigued. Can you imagine an obese snail, snake, or even a shark? 🐌🐍🦈
I mean, think about it – we all have that one friend who can eat anything and never gain a pound, right? So can animals be the same way? And if so, how do they do it? 🤷♂️
Let’s dive into this together and see if there’s a limit to how big some animals can get, no matter how much they eat. Do you think it’s possible? Let’s discuss! 💬🔍 #AnimalObesity #CuriositySquad
What do you think? Sound intriguing? Let’s unravel this mystery together! 🔎💡
Fish grow their whole lives ,I think. They just get bigger and bigger or find a size that they maintain through eating what’s available.
Crustaceans just molt and get bigger
I imagine a hummingbird would have a fuck of a time trying to bulk up.
Certain animals have genetic conditions that inhibit Myostatin that results in them being very lean and muscular. They call it “double muscling” or “Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy”.
Basically their body makes way more muscle than it should which prevents them from retaining hardly any body fat.
Belgium Blue bulls are the best example.
But there have also been humans born with this same mutation which results in kids with seemingly super human strength. Liam Hoekstra is one of them.
Snakes and sharks generally don’t become obese due to their metabolism,
generally speaking, if you feed any animal sugar and grains, it will get fat. when we want to fatten up cows? grains. when we want to give a goose fatty liver disease so we can eat foie gras? grains. Why wolves and mountain lions are shredded but our housepets are obese even if we control portions and exercise them? grains. Why humans get fat? wE LiVe a sEDeNtARy LiFesTyLe aNd ThERe aRe MaNy ConTriBUtiNg fACtOrs
Ever see a fat turtle squeezing out of his shell?
Ever seen a fat whale?
Upvote for “gnarlier” 😂
I’m pretty certain (based on absolutely no expertise whatsoever) that koalas would never get obese. They exclusively eat eucalyptus leaves which have next to no nutritional value so they pretty much spend every waking minute munching them. But they sleep almost all the time anyway.
Also, almost all koalas have chlamydia. That’s not relevant to their rate of obesity though.
No expert by any means, but I feel like maybe storing fat on the body is a mammals and birds thing?
obese snail!!! 😅🤣😂 I am not laughing at your question, I’m laughing at that random choice example add on at the end of your question and picturing a snail telling itself to diet because it’s “home” has become a tight squeeze!😅🤣😂
I’ve never seen a fat giraffe.
Jellyfish
Not likely in nature but snakes can definitely get fat/obese. I took in a rescue from a misinformed woman who was feeding her ball python like it was a cat or dog. It looked like a pork loin roast and breathed like Dave the safety officer or a Pomeranian.
I’ve also seen obese fish, rats and gators but it’s from improper care.
I’ve only witnessed obese squirrels in nature so I guess it’s possible if the conditions are right.
They probably all could. I’ve never seen an unhealthy kangaroo, though.
Nothing with an exoskeleton can become bigger than it’s exoskeleton.
I learned a few years ago that any bear that goes through a hibernation cycle is completely exempt from ever being “overweight”. Any excess weight they gain before hibernation just increases their chances of survival.
A sloth, their metabolism is so slow that if you overfeed them they can actually starve to death.
I think at least gold fish, though it might be other fish too. Actually, I’m thinking maybe only mammals gain weight, because the stored fat can help insulate from the cold?
What the hell is “fat positive” and why are you afraid of being judged to be one?
And to answer your question im no biologist but theres definitely examples, every creature is different physiologically and im sure some animals dont have the mechanism to store fat or grow a belly like humans/mammals do, wouldnt be the craziest animal feature
Fat snakes absolutely exist and they are adorable. Not healthy for them, but they absolutely get chunkyyy
Sponges
Maybe not in nature, but in a habitat sure. That’s my guess.
I have seen big snails etc in nature tbf.
Not likely in nature but snakes can definitely get fat/obese. I took in a rescue from a misinformed woman who was feeding her ball python like it was a cat or dog. It looked like a pork loin roast and breathed like Dave the safety officer or a Pomeranian.
I’ve also seen obese fish, rats and gators but it’s from improper care.
I’ve only witnessed obese squirrels in nature so I guess it’s possible if the conditions are right.
Crocodiles never really get obese, they adapt and grow larger. Scientifically speaking they could grow as large as physically possible but their hearts give out and they die, which is why u see some massive ones, but never anything jaw dropping (an Aussie speaking)
Hummingbird?
Earthworms
You can suffer malnutrition from eating too much rabbit because they have so little fat.
Small birds. They dont get fat, they become dumplings with wings attached
I would imagine whales just add to their blubber.
On a side note, have you ever seen a thin Zebra? Stripes makes you look fat I guess?
Obese doesn’t really have meaning here since it’s [based on BMI](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279167/) which doesn’t really apply to anything other than humans.
That said, I’ve actually seen this one in nature! Invasive lion fish can get a LOT of visceral fat just because so much food is so available when they first show up on a reef. If you’re familiar with the animal you would absolutely call them obese.
Pretty sure Crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, and the like) when they grow larger they just molt into a larger shell and could hypothetically continue to grow and grow if not limited to the size of their exo shell.
Komodo dragons just get bigger and bigger the more they eat and the older they get.
Lobsters?