Thread:Abe The Conservationist/@comment-4708882-20190106210929/@comment-4708882-20190312032519

The ship transported animals, you never know when one will go loose and you'll need to knocked it out so it's probably a precaution to have one handy if needed. As for why he didn't just duck it's possible that outside the game logic of making it more exciting that he's trying to confuse/distract the animal that's using a weapon hoping to get a better shot thus neutralizing them.