I was listening to a podcast a while back which referenced experiments involving lab rats working their way through a maze to get to some food on the other side.
For some reason, this snippet popped back into my head the other day and so I decided to riff off the theme of mazes and see where that led to.
Go over, not through
The first idea that came up was simply bypassing the maze altogether. That triggered the process of coming up with ways to do so.
The direct path
The rat returned for another crack at the maze, this time going through it, but not quite in the way the maze builder intended…
In a few simple hops…
I thought I’d switch animals and see what other critters attributes might help them to tackle the maze. As I was about to talk to an Aussie friend, I naturally had to include a kangaroo.
An unfair advantage
I then started thinking about other creatures so w0uld be able to cheat while in a maze. I first thought of ostriches being able to peak over the walls, but then I thought I’d take it a few feet further up and have a giraffe instead.
Bypass
I’m not quite sure what this red and white critter is, but whatever it is, it’s got the wits to find a simpler solution.
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