This is why I think that animals are superior to humans
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The only difference I see between Humans and animals is that our brains are a lot more advanced and higher evolved. Other than that, therefore I feel that it's our duty to protect animals in the same way we protect other humans. With laws and policing like we've done for ages.
Also OP, you are applying human standards to animals. That doesn't work, because although we are similar, Chimpanzee's don't care for Humanity at all. And must not be treated in the same way as Humanity.
Also OP, you are applying human standards to animals. That doesn't work, because although we are similar, Chimpanzee's don't care for Humanity at all. And must not be treated in the same way as Humanity.
Nope, wrong. Brown hyenas that live in coastal areas are known to kill baby seals even when there's no apparent reason other than boredom.Voration said:
Edit: Also, just about any predator and even many herbivores kill for sport or at least torment less imposing animals if they happen to be in the mood and also happen to have time and energy spare... Which most animals in the wild don't have. Not when we usually see them, anyway.
Woah! Hold up there. The only case of a Dingo ever committing human infanticide is the Azaria Chamberlain case, and that case is wishy washy at best. Her death is marked as 'unknown'.Deshara said:
Of all the Australian animals to pick on, I think the box jellyfish, the funnel web and the saltwater crocodile are the best examples. They all kill without any provocation whatsoever.
I am not normally a violent person, but I must admit that my first thought after seeing that video was that those kids should recieve the exact same treatment only slower and a lot more painfully. Regarding superiority, neither side is fully superior to each other.
I didn't watch the video, I can guess at the content and it would likely upset me. But have you ever seen a cat playing with a mouse? I've seen my mom's cat rip a mouse's face off before and chase the poor thing around the room. Animals can be just as cruel as people, they simply have no higher reasoning to recognise it as such.ruben6f said:
I agree. Neither side is superior than the other, and to argue either side is pointless and futile. Both sides have peaceful tendencies and both sides have their cruel and violent tendencies.tanithwolf said:
At least animals don't have a high reasoning like us humans do to see it as such.
This is not the first video i see from stupid and disgusting people harming animals just because they canHosker said:
For example in China where they rip off the skin of living animals to use it for fashion purposes. They don't even kill them before doing it because that would "ruin the skin". After they do that they pile them until they die without blood and sometimes give them to the dogs there while they are still breeding. And this is just one of the examples.
And the most stupid of this is that the people who wear this (and manu and many of them know about this fact) say they are just animals. How can humans be superior to animals?
I can assure you that my cat knows how to dispatch of prey, cause it's not every time the mouse gets toyed with. I don't know whetehr he was taken from his mother before he leanerd it, cuse he was adult when he came to us, but he's caught lots of stuff without trouble delivering the final blow.Generic Gamer said:
Also, i'll bet ya half a cookie, that someone who knows about psychology can give you a good reason for why those fucktards burned the dog, and why they were fucked up in the first place, despite the fact that i'd rather just see them put away somewhere dark where they can't hurt noone but each other.
I don't even need to be a psychologist of any kind to tell you that just like dogs, humans can be mistreated with the result of them becoming fucked up, just look at all the times you hear about child molesters having been molested themselves.
And in the end, it's not a lot different than an agressive beast of a dog trying to maim and kill everything.
Both are likely a result of their own treatment, but in the end, it doesn't change what that what they're doing is horrible in the eyes of the rest of us, and it's safer for the rest of us to put them down, or lock thme away for good, or something like that.
Im with Ghandi on this, ?The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated?,
are you serious? animals are cruel to each other for no reason ALL THE FUCKING TIME no seriously animals are just as big of dicks as humans, my grandmother used to live on a farm and they had a weasel problem over there and I mean if a weasel got into a chicken coop it would murder every single one of the chickens there eat maybe half of one and drag one away so it could eat it later. That's just one example I'm sure that if you google searched for a bit you could find countless pictures videos etc of animals being cruel to each other, murdering for fun etc.ruben6f said:
P.S. sorry this wasn't really on topic and yes those boys are dicks and should be punished but I can't stand people who think that animals are perfect and only do what they must to survive
I'm not going to comment on the video, because I didn't watch it. I've seen and heard too much about pointless animal cruelty to want to go watch it.
That said I would like to point out several things I find wrong with the OP's post.
First, animals are plenty capable of being as cruel as humans, especially as they gain intelligence, like dolphins.
Second, animals are capable of feeling the same emotions we do, and even of "laughing", even if their intelligence is close to that of a human child, which really puts them in the position to perform the same kinds of cruelties that children can such as outright torture without understanding the other creature is in pain or difficulty with empathy (even though they are capable of it, doesn't mean it's always on since that would make survival difficult or near impossible).
Dolphins kill for fun and gang-rape. Elephants kill slowly. Chimpanzees kill one another and eat each other. Lions (especially Tsavo lions) kill for sport.
I'm not trying to justify what these kids did. As creatures with high intelligence we have a responsibility to other animals to act with respect and not bring pain on those of them that are dependent on us. Cruelty and altruism are not strictly human traits, we are just more aware of them as a result of our intelligence and less aware of them in other animals because of the barrier we have constructed between us (one that is perpetuated by our confirmation biases).
If you're interested in learning about animal emotions When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy is a good book. I used it for my Senior Thesis for Psychology. Another interesting source is Russell Church's experiment on empathy in rats.
Article about empathy in animals:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=do-animals-feel-empathy
That said I would like to point out several things I find wrong with the OP's post.
First, animals are plenty capable of being as cruel as humans, especially as they gain intelligence, like dolphins.
Second, animals are capable of feeling the same emotions we do, and even of "laughing", even if their intelligence is close to that of a human child, which really puts them in the position to perform the same kinds of cruelties that children can such as outright torture without understanding the other creature is in pain or difficulty with empathy (even though they are capable of it, doesn't mean it's always on since that would make survival difficult or near impossible).
Dolphins kill for fun and gang-rape. Elephants kill slowly. Chimpanzees kill one another and eat each other. Lions (especially Tsavo lions) kill for sport.
I'm not trying to justify what these kids did. As creatures with high intelligence we have a responsibility to other animals to act with respect and not bring pain on those of them that are dependent on us. Cruelty and altruism are not strictly human traits, we are just more aware of them as a result of our intelligence and less aware of them in other animals because of the barrier we have constructed between us (one that is perpetuated by our confirmation biases).
If you're interested in learning about animal emotions When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy is a good book. I used it for my Senior Thesis for Psychology. Another interesting source is Russell Church's experiment on empathy in rats.
Article about empathy in animals:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=do-animals-feel-empathy
I say we gather lots of hungry dogs (strays) and let them feast on those horrid people.
Those kids need to be put down!
Those kids need to be put down!
Animals are capable of incredible cruelty. My cats alone would rip a mouse's chest open and leave it for dead. Magpies will brutally murder other birds in gang style killings and the honey badger rips other animals' testicles off just for a fight so don't talk about humans being evil creatures. Ducks and dolphins also engage in gang rape and gorillas will kill in brutal ways.
While I do believe what those people did what abhorrent and should be punished, don't pull the 'animals are kinder' card and claim they can't be as savage as humans. Animals just don't have a moral compass in which to gauge their actions.
While I do believe what those people did what abhorrent and should be punished, don't pull the 'animals are kinder' card and claim they can't be as savage as humans. Animals just don't have a moral compass in which to gauge their actions.