Talk:FAQs/@comment-30059620-20170911014917/@comment-444327-20170911022916

They don't actually do it to escape.

The first thing anyone does when they play Slime Rancher for the first time is over fill a corral with Pink Slimes. Having too many Pink Slimes and not enough food means a lot of them go hungry. When hungry, their AI dictates they seek out the nearest food source they can detect. If they do it while stacking, it looks like they're trying to escape.