I dont get why people are mad at the video of the dragon eating the goat, its just eating its food. Am i missing something? Why are they so mad?
I dont get why people are mad at the video of the dragon eating the goat, its just eating its food.
I dont get why people are mad at the video of the dragon eating the goat, its just eating its food. Am i missing something? Why are they so mad?
I'd like to run an alligator farm / pitbull 'shelter'
In your best prose, describe what the goat felt at every second of its consumption.
It's barbaric because they purposefully break the goat's legs to feed it to the dragon for views while pretending it's something natural that happened in the wild but at the same time they're feeding a threatened species
As long this was made by sea monkeys, this is natural. It’s only when western whites does the same thing it becomes destructive to the ecosystem.
I think this is the same thing as the million pitys, thirdies going insane at innocuous animals nearby and desperately grasping at the couple cents from youtube advertising.
They should be working to destroy the amerishart instead
If you see nothing wrong with torturing a poor goat, breaking its leg causing agonising pain and feeding it alive to a lizard thats more than happy to eat a carcass, you are the one fucked in the head
>The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Both the lizard and the goat in his tummy will be friends forever in heaven.
>Humans have a natural fear and hatred of snakes and reptiles in general
>Reptiles are more alien and less relatable to humans than mammals
>They're literally biologically incapable of feeling love, empathy, companionship, etc...
propaganda from people who have never had a bond with a monitor
>thinks a non-social animal can even have the idea of a "bond"
You're a food source to them.
step one is recognition as a food source.
if you don't socialize a monitor, it won't give you friendly behaviors just for feeding it. they're not hardwired for it like your precious social mammals are. you have to work for its trust, and then it gives you cuddles. trust is a form of bond. even if you take the assumption that no reptile can comprehend friendship at face value.
Trust is a bond, yes. But it's biologically incapable of feeling the same kind of affection. I love all animals, even bugs and shit like that. So I'm not shitting on it. I just think people should be realistic about their pets. Too often I see people treating them as just little people and if you just love them and pet them and cuddle then it's just lovey dovey. And a lizard just can't do that. Same for shit like crocs. Can you form a trusting bond with one? Of course you can. People have before. But if you do shit like step in front of it or give it an opening that guy will bite the shit out of you.
>non-domesticated animals may react unpredictably to sudden aggressive-seeming stances
thanks for that one captain obvious
>people have (formed trust with a monitor) before
people have extremely frequently, some species of monitors have very high success rates when it comes to socialization.
the bottom line is, the monitor doesn't have to be nice to you. It doesn't have to cuddle or climb or headbutt you or respond when you call its name. But it does, and you don't have a good explanation why.
>you don't have a good explanation why.
I just did. Do you think your monitor, who lacks any biological way to even feel such a thing can do it? It doesn't even have the brain areas to do it if it wanted to for some reason. The same way a beekeeper can and will get stung by their bees even if they take care of them. I get that you can love your pet as you should since you're its owner. But you can't honestly believe that this lizard can actually recognize what love or affection even are when it doesn't have the biological tools necessary to facilitate that.
>all lizards are dumb enough to be a valid comparison with bees, a very stupid insect that only survives on hive mentality
lmao bud
animals have already been capable of things we thought their brains couldn't support. We shrimply haven't done enough research on monitors.
the trust of a reptile is so profound because we don't really know if they can have higher positive emotions towards a person than that. A reptile that seeks you out for attention is so profound because neither of you really understand why it does that.
I didn't say lizards are dumb. That's not what I think at all. I think lizards, due to their biology and brain, lack the biological tools necessary to feel that same affection like a dog or a cat would or can. Not that they're stupid. They're fascinating animals in their own right and have clearly survived aeons to be here. They're highly successful as a group. Saying they can't do X due to biology isn't calling them dumb. They can't fly (yeah some glide and fossils yada yada) either, that doesn't make them bad. It just means they don't have the tools to do it. I'm not disparaging them.
it's not the same affection but it isn't nothing either. Reminder that monitors can learn by queues when feeding time is, and will have a readily available basking spot much warmer than you. There's really no reason for it to act like a cat but cuter. Even if it just thinks you're a fun short meat tree that moves around and makes noise that's still a great connection to have with something that supposedly can't love.
>it's biologically incapable of feeling the same kind of affection
>It doesn't even have the brain areas to do it if it wanted to for some reason
What parts of the brain do they lack exactly? They've got an amygdala just like we do. Their brain is not all that different to a bird's aside from the size of it and the density of neurons
The goat was supposed to be waifu material.
Staged vid. I hate 3rd worlders.
No, the animals were real.
proof?
Because it's a staged video. It's not the fault of the komodo dragon, it's the fault of the Indonesian scum that broke the goat's legs and left it there to die while filming to get money from YouTube. It's always in Southeast Asia where there is a high amount of animal sadist content being produced.
>a highly intelligent sociable mammal
That is also considered a pest and a disease vector globally, and nobody bats an eye when a cat or a dog kills them.
These are filmed by Indonaggers, who are scum, so most likely they dropped the baby goat there deliberately for the video. Nothing natural, just a SEAmonkey moneymaking scheme
they are people with the moral compass of a child, or they literally are children
Remember, for most people morals have an aesthetic bias
>disliking animal abuse is now "having the moral compass of a child"
I really hope you're trolling.
I want to be that goat so bad, minus the broken legs.
Prople feel bad for things suffering.
They should be cheering for it since the goat is invasive
The whole "invasive species" thing really just allows people to be psychopaths does it?
As long as its "invasive" people praise the death and suffering of an animal.
Its not longer a feeling, suffering thing to them.
The animal cruelty in these videos is obvious but its crazy people are more concerned for the introduced livestock than the endangered predator native to those couple tiny islands. You don't see this reaction when a lion catches a zebra
Us and most other mammals have a strong instinct to protect things that are small, cute, fuzzy, and weak. This is because us mammals rely on parental care more than pretty much any other creature, barring birds, (though come to think of it we feel the same primal sympathy towards them) and thus we have a strong inbuilt instinct to protect such things. This instinct is especially strong in social species. Humans are probably one of the most social, clan oriented species on earth.
All of this gives us a naturally unprecedented empathy anything we can relate to on the slightest level.
If this is true where are there so many motherfuckers who think empathizing with prey makes you a kumbaya hippie homosexual
We aren't exactly known for our soundness of mind anon
>not posting the webm
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Here here. Post the webm so I don't have to look for it and accidentally give the savages their clickbait money
What's the context here? It looks like some sick fucker broke the goats legs so it couldn't escape but left it alive so it could still feel fear as it watches certain death loom closer.
Why go through the effort to do that? The dragon would have just as readily eaten it if it were dead, why add the extra suffering on top intentionally?
I love reptiles, and monitors especially, but sometimes I really do wonder if the stigma of other reptilefags being psychopaths actually has merit.
>why add the extra suffering on top intentionally?
To create spectacle and spur engagement. Negative attention is easier than positive attention, and the internet algorithms don't care about the nature of the attention a piece of media gets, just how much it gets. This is why people will purposley make claims that are ubiquitously known as incorrect in their youtube/tiktok videos. Its called outrage baiting and it makes a shit ton of money
Unfortunately, too many reptilefags buy and own them for the bloodsport that comes with feeding live prey. Obviously not everyone does that but most people who want a pet don't go out of their way to pick up a larger reptile for any other reason.
Yes, the Rod of Asclepius.
>skinfags sneeding at the superiority of scale
KNEEL
if you're able to film something then you're able to stop it
if you don't stop a defenseless baby of an animal that just eats grass its whole life getting torn apart by dickass lizard then you're a bad person
MAMMALGANG
please go challenge a komodo for its meal retard lmao
>m-muh gun
"it was eating a heccin wholesome mammal" is not a self defense argument therefore you will wish the komodo killed you after you see your fines
They’re mad because it’s a cute baby goat, but they should be mad because someone broke its legs to stage this video
They’re not going to stop it if they’re the ones who put it there. You think all these videos with a stationary camera that have a disabled animal right in the centre of the shot and are able to catch the exact moment the dragon walks up just happen by chance?
>It looks like some sick fucker broke the goats legs so it couldn't escape but left it alive
That’s exactly it
>Why go through the effort to do that? The dragon would have just as readily eaten it if it were dead, why add the extra suffering on top intentionally?
Because it gets views on youtube, and the people on the island have figured out they can make money that way. These videos are absolute dogshit and are the reason Komodos have such a bad reputation
Why is the lizard bad? He doesn't know that what he's eating is something that humans empathise with.
animal has to eat
sorry that nature isnt your disney fiction of sunshine and rainbows and the zebras and warthogs get along with the lions. it bloody business and life is cheap
You're a retarded bitch.
>the only thing lower on the food chain than a grazing ungulate is the fucking grass
Its purpose on the planet is to be eaten by something else.
Thats like saying your purpose is to be a vessel for intestinal worms.
reptiles are creatures of satan
robotic, without emotion
to see a blessed mammal fall to one is a wretched sight
Reptiles are God's creations just as any other class of animals. Even snakes which are often given a bad reputation in the Bible have two positive mentions in the old Testament, when Moses's staff was turned into a snake that ATR the Pharaohs evil snakes, and also when the Israelites were healed by God when they looked at a bronze snake on a pole (as a symbol of God's power).
Additionally, many believed the world rested on a turtles back. The Mayans and Aztecs worshipped the snake god Kukulkan/Quetzalcoatl. The Egyptians worshipped the crocodile god Sobek. In China the dragon is seen as a wise and powerful creature. And in England and Wales respectively the White Dragon and the Red Dragon are seen as positive symbols and protectors of their respective nations.
Isn't the snake on every medical insignia as well?
Let's not forget the Tarrasque, who IIRC was a dragon who converted to Christianity.
Correct! One of the versions of the story had Saint Marthe tame the beast using holy water, a cross and a lace, in her Christian compassion she couldn't fight It to kill It like the many expeditions before her tried to do, so she subdued It with faith. However the beast had terrorized the village so much and caused so many losses that when the dragon was brought back, the villagers instantly tried and succeeded in killing It now that It was peaceful. I remember hearing the town was named after the Tarasque and that Tarascon's castle was built on the rock It lived on, to this day there is a local festival for the creature. The version I first heard was a little bit nicer with the creature's name being given to the town after the villagers felt sorry for killing It since It was evil no more but I can't find the one where It became a protector of the town. Rip Tarasque!
>reptiles are creatures of satan
All animals are sacred. If you don't realize this then you're spiritually ill.
>robotic, without emotion
This is half-century year old pseudoscience that's been disproven on multiple fronts.
One could just as easily call goats creatures of satan too. Look up the church of satan's mascot and get back to me.
All animals are made by God get out here you false Christian
blessed poster he understands