They hop and scoot, apparently using something on their bottoms. Not muscles, per se, but something physical. That cutaway that got spammed to hell had something designated for locomotion.
Whatever it is, burning hurts it, and it has been decided that yukkuris can't regenerate from burns.
It does not really matter WHY it cripples them, the important point is that it does. Maybe the fact that burning the bottom causes the skin to harden or something, thus becoming useless as a means of locomotion.
The very best part of it, of course, is that even though Yukkuri seem to instinctually avoid heat (not THAT stupid!), they seem to be unable to realize why their "legs" stop working, like these two Koreimus here.
I really like this type of comic. For one it's good quality, colored, and the yukkuris are consistent; that is, their faces don't drastically morph every frame. Second, it's a nice little story and not just a page of random killings. And third, it's a farm story which I believe is the best place for a yukkuri story- it gives a perfect explanation for why people do the things they do to them. Their arrogance and greed is on full display here as they just storm into a field of crops and assume it's theirs for the taking.
Lastly, ignorance from the parents in the form of them accidentally killing, helping to kill, or not knowing what has happened to their babies. My only complaint here is that nothing happens to the mother. A fitting end would be for her to get home, realize her babies are gone, and just then the bird that ate the babies drops a piece of her baby close to her and her face lights up in shock, just as the shadow of a farmer is seen in the background.
I don't think the biology and science behind it is that important but basically they use "muscles" on the bottom to propel themselves. Also, they use contact points in the environment like rocks, uneven ground, grasses, tree roots, etc, which is why if you keep them in cages you should have some kind of uneven surface on the bottom like sand.
^ But they can sneak to a degree, and perform a sort of shimmy against the ground that propels them forward. They're far too noisy for that to be of any use, though.
It doesn't matter what the name of their movement is, only how they move. Their movement is very similar to that of snakes, particularly that article I linked to.
"Rectilinear locomotion relies upon two opposing muscles, the costcutaneous inferior and superior, which are present on every rib and connect the rib to the skin. The ribs themselves do not move, ONLY THE SKIN. First, the costcutaneous superior lifts a section of the snake's belly from the ground and places it ahead of its former position. Then, the costcutaneous inferior pulls backwards while the belly scales are on the ground, propelling the snake forwards. These sections of contact propagate posteriorly, resulting in continuous motion."
Also note that the side effect for the mother moving is "shuffle" and for the babies it's "waddle" which suggests that babies move clumsily side to side just a bit like penguins while the mother is skilled at moving straight ahead. Also, the babies are surprised when the mother starts moving slowly which may mean that when they mature they develop the ability to move more skillfully.
I thought they were surprised that nother suddenly starts saying/humming(?) "slowly" after specyfically telling them that they need to stay quiet.
Nevermind that though. The yukkuri often show ability to move without jumping in a similar manner. And burning the bottoms could easily destroy the mechanisms/muscles responsible for that.
I have problems with it blocking the jumping though. They should be able to contract the muscles on sides of the body elongating it, propeling the insides up, and the gained momentum should drag the rest. They could lose some power and fine control and it could be painful, but they should be able to move.
BTW, these kinds of comics are my favourite too. Their stupidity brought it on themselves, they are so focused on the single goal of crawling forward they fail to notice they are being picked one by one. They don't even hear their comrades shouting in pain, and it turns out to be their undoing. Awesome.
Deluded and selfish yukkuri is punished. Well, its the kos that knew nothing and followed for vegetables that are actually killed, but you get the idea. It's not compulsory to agree with tags anyway.
Nobody said that justice has to be complete, sometimes you miss an element, and the ko's are at fault for following, remember this are yukkuris, even if you sparred them, they wouldn't get any better since it's already late, so them getting punishment is part of justice, but well, not a complete justice since the mother didn't get away.
Though it may be a kind of poetical justice based on the mother being dumb enough to not realize the kos can't follow her until it's late and she's far away, and maybe if she returns, she would be facing the sight of mister angry farmer with the 2 kos in his hand ready to smack them and their mother.
the child ask the mister if he wants to play not demanding sweet sweets they could have be salvaged. So no this is not justice the children are innocent and the Guilty one gets away.
And JIE all they know is that they are going to were vegetables are how are they supposed to know that it belongs to the human they are to young to comprehend that.
Most people won't consider that, cokerpilot. They see yukkuri doing something bad and won't consider them to be innocent. They might be salvageable, though. The mother definitely isn't.
"today we are going to the human's field and take some vegetables" i think that's pretty much telling them "we are going to take their vegetables"
So seriously coker, don't make such a fuzz, besides this is an old thing, why did you feel like commenting on it so suddenly?
It's justice because in a way or other a bunch of invaders/farm raiders got some punishment, it doesn't matter if they know better or not, they are yukkuris, unless you raise them from 0 to properly listen to others or somehow learn that on the wild, they won't pay attention to anybody that "stands in their way", yeah they only wanted vegetables, but what if the farmer stood in front of them and told them "GTFO", you think they would had gone "oh thish ish mishtersh's veshetasbles! we shouldn't chake them!" no they would start demmanding vegetables and if things go worse in their manjuu minds, then they'll start insulting, because they are yukkuris, considering the kind of mother they had, and the willingless to follow, it's obvious they wouldn't heard anybody else's opinion, so it's a waste of time to "save them", specially if you aren't going to take all the hard work of breeding them like in Raising Badged Yukkuris.
We can agree that it would had been better if the mother got a punishment as well, but what do you expect the farmer to do with the ko's? take them as pet when maybe he doesn't want to? breed them? specially when they may act antagonizingly towards him for "daring" to not let them take the vegetables and punishing mommy? remember this are yukkuris, the common joe or the worker shouldn't worry about yukkuris with potential, that's the job of those taking care of making better yukkuris.
JUSTICE tag doesn't pertain to the yukkuri's character. It refers to the acts they're doing. In this case, they're invading a farm. What you're saying about their character, regardless of the validity, doesn't change the fact the yukkuris are invading a farm and gets punished for it. You can be "oh so sad" about it but it certainly doesn't change the nature of the picture.
gotta agree on that one Mezzo, it was like delivering a cake without the strawberry on the top, and it's the kind of cake that MUST have a strawberry on the top to be ocmplete.
Actually, there is one case where ignorance of the law is a defense; the law in question must be written and (nominally) available for inspection by the public. Unwritten or secret laws are held unenforceable. (You can claim ignorance to a law and win if there was no way you could possibly have known that it was a law.)
No, I'm modding you because you're trolling. If you wonder why your shit gets deleted so much, it's because you're being disruptive and making stupid ass comments day in and day out. I'm not the only one jumping on you making provocative comments.
Go ahead and e-mail him, you got balls. Pat yourself on the back.
Fine you fucking ass. What you just did is called abuse of power, I have talked to shii before and guess I'll do it again. It is not trolling to state your opinion on something and I did not break any of the rules and supporting your opinion is distributive your just as guilty as me.
Yeah, well, before you go using it in a Court of Law, remember that IANAL, and I couldn't find the actual legal term for that situation, so it might not actually work...