A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village

Post by btilly » Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 4:48 PM UTC

Aeolun wrote: post #135

btilly wrote: post #121

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I would have said the same when my kids were young. When my sister went crazy in exactly the manner described, I learned that I was wrong. Totally wrong.

That’s potentially true, I have no experience with that. What I was really trying to say though was that I can barely control him now. I can’t imagine I would be able to when he’s 80kgs.

The big difference is that you have to put up with the toddler's tantrum for perhaps 15 minutes. You can even choose to walk away if you need to - the toddler won't go anywhere.

A manic adult is more coherent, but goes on for days. I mean that literally - mania keeps you from sleeping.

Post by BrandoElFollito » Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 8:35 AM UTC

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My parents had a husky when I was born. The moment it bit my face was the last moment it spent in the house. Lived in the garage until it was (quickly) rehomed. I don't blame it; it wasn't like it was trying to rip my face off. I think it was just trying to assert itself in the pack order ahead of me. Except the pack leaders weren't too fond of that idea. Ironically, I now love huskies. But would also never get one,…

My grandad raised German shepherds as police dogs. When my father was a boy one of the adolescent dogs nipped his face. Dad tells me that when he yelled out my grandad calmly grabbed the dogs collar, walked it around the back of the barn out of the way. My dad, recovered from the shock and not badly injured just a scratch was on his way to the barn to tell his dad that all was okay and not to be too hard on the dog w…

I love animals (especially dogs, but now that my family has that cat, I slowly soften) and I think this was absolutely the best thing to do.

As you are saying, there is the evolution aspect, but also the fact that he cut short a possible string of serious problems.

This is also the reason I am for euthanasia of animals in shelters past a month (the time left for the owners to find a dog that escaped). Keeping them in cages is torture for the animals.

It is not that they realize they will die, if this is done correctly.

This is also why I am against zoos and circuses with animals.

I think we went into some kind of multiple personality spilt when it comes to animals : we eat them after they have suffered (I eat meat myself, but I would prefer to pay more for meat from animals that were slaughtered in a human way), we do not want to stop the suffering of caged animals, we keep large dogs in small apartments, we cry when we see a lion eating a gazela in the wild, etc.

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