Oscar the Grouch is a scavenger.
So they admit there are predatory Muppets.
I reacted the same when I found out that Teletubbies are actually babies, implying that there are mature, adult Teletubbies that we don’t see.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elmo-puppeteer-kevin-clash-cleared-of-sexual-abuse-charges/
Cleared by the statute of limitations…
I’d hope they don’t allow predators on set, but we saw what happened at Nickelodeon with Dan Schneider.
Big bird has forward facing eyes, which is usually the mark of a predator.
Maybe it evolved from a predatory ancestor and didn’t get selected for different position of the eyes?
We know from Big Bird’s extended family that his species has a wide spread of individual variation, and given that none of them reside in the wild none of them are likely to suffer predation due to what would otherwise be a mal-adaptation, providing a springboard for even more genetic variation from generation to generation.
Just look at how wildly different looking specific humans can be from one another, even within a single community.
Elefants have them too!
I’m sure there is an exception for creatures made from fabric and foam, somewhere.
Makes sense. Evolution gives prey animals eyes with as wide a field of vision as possible, so they can detect predators better. Elephants are too large for predators to mess with and so is big bird.
