Fucking slander
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The case against otters: necrophiliac, serial-killing fur monsters of the sea (Vox)
- Thread starter Piecake
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Do you think an otter understands what rape or murder are? Do you think a lion understands that it's commiting murder when it rips into a gazelle or your neighborhood house cat when they stalk and kill a random bird or rodent?
You can't equate human understanding and morality to animals.
There's a YouTube vid in which an otter
Is harassing a snapping turtle much larger than itself, eventually flipping it over, biting its way through a back leg, and tearing out entrails to eat. Yea, pretty brutal...
its that normal behaviour or just something for this group or individual animal? idk if the artcle is generalizing or if thats legit
River Otters are a lot more docile than Sea Otters but Sea Otters are still really important for sustaining Kelp Forests. Leave otters alone, Vox :(
Oh I'm not assigning any "blame" to animals for doing what they do, just pointing out that not all animals behave this way. Somewhat disturbingly it seems the more intelligent an animal is the more likely it is to partake in behaviours we find distressing. It seems the larger the brain size, the more novelty an animal requires to keep itself entertained.
" Sea otters murder even when it doesn't provide them with food or offspring, like straight-up sociopathic spree killers. "
sooo, like cats then?
sooo, like cats then?
Let's have Otters talk with Orcas.
If you're going to bring up Orcas, this is the gif you use:
You can't really demonise them for catching food. But calling the kids around to watch as you go for the gold medal at the Seal Toss Championship, is pretty messed up.
All cats are assholes and it's well known and documented so I don't really know what your point is.
I mean... the stuff otters do isn't cute, but until their female populations evolve ways for their vagoos to prevent giving birth due to rape, ducks rightfully deserve that ire and are on a whole other level. That evolution of a rape defense mechanism for female ducks took a MILLENNIUM at least.
If I can love cats after they've delivered a massacred bird to me to show me how to do it then Otters are fine. Let them be how they are.
The problem is you're looking at the wrong otters, Asian small clawed river otters are what you want:
