Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Rabbit Probability

July 13, 2017

A rabbit marvels at its bad luck in meeting its one predator, failing to see that it ran into the predator because it was being hunted.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-07-13-rabbit-probability/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

Rabbit: "I can't believe it. What are the odds that the one creature I run into is the only one in the forest who's hunting me?"

[Caption] "Rabbits are no better at probability than humans are. (But no worse, either.)"

Topics
Probability › Conditional ProbabilityProbability › Basic ProbabilityStatistics › Bias
Level
Middle SchoolHigh SchoolAP Statistics
Themes
AnimalsCommon MistakesNature & Science