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Is BOAS a sign of irresponsible backyard breeding or is it an inherent risk in the breed (like deafness in Dalmatians) regardless of the quality of the parents?

Many species, like horses, lions, bears, and tigers, are known for killing baby animals that aren’t their own. But how do they know whether they’re the father? It seems doubtful that a stallion actually comprehends that mating leads to conception and keeps a mental chart of which females he’s mated with and when they gave birth.

(Question for ADOS)

Africa is such a huge, beautiful, and diverse continent full of so many languages and traditions. Have you traced your ancestry to specific places in Africa? Would you want to?

These days, parents are expected to be available immediately to pick up a sick or injured kid and school staff need whole stacks of paperwork in order to give a kid any kind of medicine.

What happened when you got sick or hurt at school as a child?

I’m not a tourist or physically disabled, just interested in learning about how life varies in different parts of the world for people with disabilities.

If someone uses a wheelchair or cane and can’t use stairs, is it difficult to navigate life in your city? Do stores and houses often require stairs to enter? Is it very difficult to get a job as a wheelchair user?

What was it like? Were house calls from doctors expensive? Were they considered a luxury for the wealthy or were they the same cost as an office visit?

I’ve been running a 5e D&D campaign for a little over a year. When I ask my players for feedback, they consistently say that their favorite parts are environmental challenges, puzzles, and story-telling, and their least favorite part is combat.

I’m constantly thinking of ways to have puzzle-heavy adventures but I also want to make combat more fun and engaging for them. How can I make combat more enjoyable for players who just aren’t crazy about it?

If someone made it to the North, where might they find housing and employment? Were there charities and churches with the means to help people get on their feet? How much did poverty and discrimination affect survivors of slavery who made it North?

In this hypothetical, there is a moral and/or psychological reason that I won’t continue, like PTSD, perhaps witnessing or participating in civilian casualties. Perhaps I believe that my death is already inevitable. I feel that have nothing to lose by deserting.

Could I be executed by my squad on site if I simply say I won’t go further? Could I run away to Vietnamese troops with a white flag? Would I simply disappear into the jungle and be forever considered MIA?

I know the answer will vary tremendously by religion and region.

A Zimbabwean immigrant in the US called my daughter a witch because a feral, fearful neighborhood cat is friendly with my daughter but no one else. I thought she was joking but she said she was serious and that she was afraid of my daughter. This would be a very unusual thing for an American to say.

In your region, what would be the implications of believing that someone is a witch? Would most people consider this to be an outdated, superstitious thing to call someone? Would most people be afraid of a “witch?” Is there a big divide between how witches are viewed by Christians, Muslims, and traditionalists in your area?

I’d love to hear from people in Zimbabwe but also want to hear from other African communities.

Being intentionally cruel to other humans seems very counterproductive to human survival and against our nature as a social species. But it seems like most, if not all, cultures have some history of torture, either as ritual or punishment. What’s the reason for this?

I was shocked by many of the Western articles about the Batwa, Mbuti, and other indigenous forager communities. They say that, especially in the DRC and Rwanda, these people are routinely enslaved and cannibalized, and denied absolutely all rights to participate in education or government. One article says that the majority of Mbuti in DRC live their entire lives as slaves.

This, especially the claims of cannibalism, seem like they may be exaggerated or portrayed through a colonialist lens. (I’m aware that labeling Africans as cannibals is a very very old trope used to justify European violence.)

Is it really as bad as portrayed? It’s hard for me to imagine slavery or cannibalism existing in 2026.

Which part actually kills people most of the time? The impact, the fire, the smoke?

I’m sorry if this is a stupid question. I read that only 30% of US families eat dinner together as a family every evening. But I generally don’t understand what the alternative is. Obviously 70% of American families are not sending their kids to bed hungry. When and how are kids eating dinner? Are they preparing it themselves?

“Plantation” seems to be synonymous with slavery. Was there not a single wealthy white Southerner who recognized that slavery was wrong and operated a plantation using paid labor only?

Do we have evidence that, in cases of terminal illness, severe birth defects, or fatal injury, prehistoric humans would intentionally kill others (or themselves) to prevent suffering? If so, when did this develop? Is it a known behavior in any hominids besides modern humans?