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Does it bother you seeing animals kill other animals?
Phunkydiabetic
Banned
What? No. It's nature man. Although I do have a bizarre aversion to house cats just roaming the neighborhoods shitting and pissing and killing stuff. Keep your cat on a leash in your yard or inside the house or something people.
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Richard Packer
Member
I was cool with it until I saw a chimpanzee use a frog as a fleshlight. That was some wild shit.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
no. it's nature. that's the way life is. it doesn't surprise me that people would be judgmental towards animals. it's the silliest and most pointless thing but that never stopped anyone. people love to self indulge in their own moral righteousness, however misguided.
im not gonna judge a cat for killing because that is what they do. you as a "pet owner" are the real monster, cutting off their balls, keeping them locked and imprisoned and childless for their entire lives. where do you get off judging them?
im not gonna judge a cat for killing because that is what they do. you as a "pet owner" are the real monster, cutting off their balls, keeping them locked and imprisoned and childless for their entire lives. where do you get off judging them?
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and 3 others
Banned
I can watch humans get tortured and killed all day, but not animals.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
“Nature is savage.” - Joe Rogan
I don’t enjoy watching it but I accept it’s a natural process. I don’t seek out these kind of videos on YouTube or anything but I do enjoy the Planet Earth documentaries and whatnot
“Death in the wild is either death by violence, death by cold, or death by starvation.” - Teddy Roosevelt
I don’t enjoy watching it but I accept it’s a natural process. I don’t seek out these kind of videos on YouTube or anything but I do enjoy the Planet Earth documentaries and whatnot
“Death in the wild is either death by violence, death by cold, or death by starvation.” - Teddy Roosevelt
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TheGreatYosh
Banned
Certain folk have too much empathy. It's very detrimental.
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Nymphae
Banned
So much testosterone in here lol. I don't really enjoy seeing anything get killed. Yeah I understand it's the natural order and I don't cry about it, but if I see something get killed I am usually momentarily like oh shit that sucks for him. If I'm watching a nature doc, yeah I do kind of "feel bad" for the animal that has the teeth getting sunk into it's flesh, I'm certainly not just watching stoically like "Mmm. Yes. This is the way of all things."
nikolino840
Member
There's also dogs killing cats
Barsinister
Banned
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Depends on how cute they are and if they shriek.
Grinchy
Banned
Logically, no. But I feel a little bad for the little guy who always loses.
Saw a random one on reddit yesterday. The poor squirrel just didn't know what to do.
Saw a random one on reddit yesterday. The poor squirrel just didn't know what to do.
bitbydeath
Gold Member
You might think poor little guy but remember if we ever let the little guy get on top instead of stomping them down then their years of bitterness leads to them creating websites like Resetera.
triplestation
Member
insects in theory kinda have it good
insects lack nociceptors, which is something mammals have (it allows us to feel the sensation of pain)
i think a grizzly bear is the worst to get eaten by, they'll be slurping on your guts while you're still alive
insects lack nociceptors, which is something mammals have (it allows us to feel the sensation of pain)
i think a grizzly bear is the worst to get eaten by, they'll be slurping on your guts while you're still alive
TaySan
Banned
Poor guy he knew he was pretty much fucked.
TindalosPup
Member
This made me think about the time my cat was cuddling with me, turned into a liquid and melted off the bed, then jumped right back up with a mouse dying in her mouth and dropped it right next to me
What bothered me most was that she dropped it right next to my head and it bled out on my bed
I windmill kicked out of the bed (I swear I turned into a helicopter), disposed of the body, and changed my sheets
Animals killing animals has never hit the way it used to since that day
Edit: my cat is a tiny Siamese with a lazy eye to give some further imagery
What bothered me most was that she dropped it right next to my head and it bled out on my bed
I windmill kicked out of the bed (I swear I turned into a helicopter), disposed of the body, and changed my sheets
Animals killing animals has never hit the way it used to since that day
Edit: my cat is a tiny Siamese with a lazy eye to give some further imagery
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Urprobablyright
Banned
You're damn right it does. Any kind of death cuts me deep, foo'~
Unless of course the Japanese giant praying mantis swarms that are soon to emerge from the eggs hanging on my garden fence can take down a few dozen of the fucking Mukade demon centipedes that lay siege to my house last year~
Yeah.. with you mate.. there was a time when "documentaries are full of killing these days" was a development.. we blamed tv values.. i for one am so nonplussed by the umpteenth super slow mo gazelle getting analized and chewed alive~
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Appleprosy
Member
No. Thats life.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
No.
MaestroMike
Gold Member
When they removed the wolves from Yellowstone the herbivores were eating all the plants and it was getting harder for the plants to grow. Eventually there would've been no plants for them to eat and they would have starved themselves so they introduced the wolves back to the ecosystem and keep the herbivores in check and also enable plants to regrow at a decent rate. Remember trees are alive too and need their leaves to absorb sunlight for energy brah u don't want them to die off otherwise the whole ecosystem will collapse I think. Apex predators are very important to maintain balance brah
DESTROYA
Member
Fuck squirrels, all they do is eat all the fruit off my Apple and Peach trees and just about everything else I plant in my garden. I don’t try to avoid them when I see them crossing the street with my truck. Fuck the little bastards.Poor guy he knew he was pretty much fucked.
Bonfires Down
Member
Yes, if the cat brings in a bird and doesn’t eat it. Or if there is prolonged suffering. Other than that it is what it is.
MaestroMike
Gold Member
Lol ur cat did u a favor brah should've thanked her
Whitesnake
Banned
Can’t stand seeing dogs or cats get killed, but I’m desensitized to everything else.
Nature is brutal. An animal will not immediately kill if it isn’t necessary, as that would be time and energy wasted. Immobilizing prey is just as good as killing it, from the predator’s perspective.
For example, Hyenas eat the ass of their prey first, as that’s usually the first thing they can latch onto when chasing from behind. They eat the ass end first while the prey is still alive, screaming and flailing which turns to whimpers and twitching. The ass is, of course, a long way from the heart and brain, so the prey will only see rest from this torture after they lose consciousness from blood loss, which will be quite a bit after the hyenas start tearing it apart.
Kelp Gulls will land on the backs of baby whales and peck away at their skin and blubber, deforming the calf at best, and giving it a slow torturous death at worst. The calfs don’t have as great a lung capacity, so they need to surface much more frequently, and while mature whales will know to to flick their tail, arch their back, roll around, etc, in order to get the birds off of their back, the calves are not yet smart enough to do so, so they just sit there and let the gulls peck away at their flesh.
I have seen a video of a Coconut Crab breaking both wings of a Red-Footed Booby with its claws before eating it, the bird bleeding and screaming the whole time, while several other Coconut Crabs approach to join in after the bird became immobilized.
The Shoebill Stork almost always has 2 chicks per clutch, and those chicks start pecking and fighting each other as soon as they hatch. The mother only feeds the one that wins, the other is ignored and eventually staves to death.
The term “Brood Parasite“ is used to describe bird species like the Cuckoo and the Cowbird who, after laying their eggs, drop their eggs into the nests of other birds. Oftentimes the parent of that nest will mistake the egg for its own, and will raise the parasite long enough for it to become self-sufficient. There have been documented cases where, if the nest‘s parent does not fall for it and gets rid of the egg, the egg’s parent will come and destroy all of the nest’s eggs while the nest-parent is away in order dissuade them from rejecting anymore parasitic eggs, kind of like the mafia. If this wasn’t bad enough, these Brood Parasite species often have a much faster growth rate than most of their victim species, allowing their chick to hatch and grow such that they grow enough to start pushing out the other eggs and chicks, killing them. It already instinctually knows to do this at a very young age; It commits these murders while it’s still just a pink blob that has no feathers and still can’t properly open its eyes.
Suddenly a house-cat swiftly killing a mouse or bird doesn’t sound so bad, does it?
Nature is brutal. An animal will not immediately kill if it isn’t necessary, as that would be time and energy wasted. Immobilizing prey is just as good as killing it, from the predator’s perspective.
For example, Hyenas eat the ass of their prey first, as that’s usually the first thing they can latch onto when chasing from behind. They eat the ass end first while the prey is still alive, screaming and flailing which turns to whimpers and twitching. The ass is, of course, a long way from the heart and brain, so the prey will only see rest from this torture after they lose consciousness from blood loss, which will be quite a bit after the hyenas start tearing it apart.
Kelp Gulls will land on the backs of baby whales and peck away at their skin and blubber, deforming the calf at best, and giving it a slow torturous death at worst. The calfs don’t have as great a lung capacity, so they need to surface much more frequently, and while mature whales will know to to flick their tail, arch their back, roll around, etc, in order to get the birds off of their back, the calves are not yet smart enough to do so, so they just sit there and let the gulls peck away at their flesh.
I have seen a video of a Coconut Crab breaking both wings of a Red-Footed Booby with its claws before eating it, the bird bleeding and screaming the whole time, while several other Coconut Crabs approach to join in after the bird became immobilized.
The Shoebill Stork almost always has 2 chicks per clutch, and those chicks start pecking and fighting each other as soon as they hatch. The mother only feeds the one that wins, the other is ignored and eventually staves to death.
The term “Brood Parasite“ is used to describe bird species like the Cuckoo and the Cowbird who, after laying their eggs, drop their eggs into the nests of other birds. Oftentimes the parent of that nest will mistake the egg for its own, and will raise the parasite long enough for it to become self-sufficient. There have been documented cases where, if the nest‘s parent does not fall for it and gets rid of the egg, the egg’s parent will come and destroy all of the nest’s eggs while the nest-parent is away in order dissuade them from rejecting anymore parasitic eggs, kind of like the mafia. If this wasn’t bad enough, these Brood Parasite species often have a much faster growth rate than most of their victim species, allowing their chick to hatch and grow such that they grow enough to start pushing out the other eggs and chicks, killing them. It already instinctually knows to do this at a very young age; It commits these murders while it’s still just a pink blob that has no feathers and still can’t properly open its eyes.
Suddenly a house-cat swiftly killing a mouse or bird doesn’t sound so bad, does it?
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TaySan
Banned
DESTROYA
Member
So your answer for animals doing whats natural to them to survive is more killing?
ILLtown
Member
Yeah, of course.
Obviously it's different to humans causing harm to animals, where sometimes I get genuinely angry about it and want to smack the person's fucking face in. Animals can't rationalise, they have no sense of morality etc. so they can't help what they're doing, but it still bothers me sometimes.
Obviously it's different to humans causing harm to animals, where sometimes I get genuinely angry about it and want to smack the person's fucking face in. Animals can't rationalise, they have no sense of morality etc. so they can't help what they're doing, but it still bothers me sometimes.
Whitesnake
Banned
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TaySan
Banned
All i can say is if a hyena is coming after my balls it's getting the flamethrower.
That video scared me for life. :X
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BlueAlpaca
Member
My avatar is an award winning picture of a marmot coming out of hibernation only to meet a fox. It's horrifying and hilarious at the same time. I'm probably going to change it soon as it's more disturbing than funny.
Here's the full picture:
Here's the full picture:
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ScarletSpider
Banned
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Foamy
Unconfirmed Member
I feel for the bunnies. Sweetest little animal on the planet and every predator wants to eat them. Poor little, buggers.
TaySan
Banned
I seen a couple fucked up videos involving war and the cartel, but i don't watch much involving animals.Never bothered me and I’ve watched a good number of animal on animal violence videos.
Something tells meTaySan has seen very few if any human related gore videos if he’s worrying about animals. Right?
Saw one dude get blown to pieces by a mortar gun standing right in front of it. And another of a rival cartel dude getting decapitated by a cartel member with a chainsaw. That was enough internet for me.
haxan7
Banned
Would you say watching animals being harmed affects you more than humans?I seen a couple fucked up videos involving war and the cartel, but i don't watch much involving animals.
Saw one dude get blown to pieces by a mortar gun standing right in front of it. And another of a rival cartel dude getting decapitated by a cartel member with a chainsaw. That was enough internet for me.
TaySan
Banned
Yes especially small or baby animals. that never had a chance at living a life. Though i don't seek out either animal or human suffering.
MaestroMike
Gold Member
MetalAlien
Banned
I only have a problem with them eating each other alive. Kill first then eat? No problem at all.
