Redsand Canyon Cyberiad theory.

The sensation of a warm hug surrounded Cornelius prior to the feeling that he was weightless, hanging briefly in the air, as he was placed before a teat. The smell of food didn't reach him through his pugged nose; the physicality of the moment transitioned quickly from something novel to something unwanted, so he lashed out with a spastic rabbit-kick, straight in to Towhee's full jugs, and mewled with a rare note of annoyance.