I agree wth jazzman831, that a caption is missing … the kid’s mouth is open): Amphibious parents don’t share meals, and we dont know if the older one is male (with “ERD-reflux”, as hinted above?) or female or other gender. Maybe the kid is asking why they don’t just jump and grab simultaneously ( that’s what I’ve always wondered)?
Perhaps his creator was still just a student at the University of Intelligent Design and Evolutionary Arts?