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Re: Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016)

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Post by TeMPOraL » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 7:05 AM UTC

fourthark wrote: post #221

nkrisc wrote: post #56

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They become a nuisance when people try to domesticate that. Which is why there are laws against doing so.

This is probably the real motivation, not concern for the wildness of the birds. Neighbors thinking you harbor disease and so on.

It's not just about "neighbours harboring disease". Pigeons are the B-17 of animal kingdom, they carpet bomb everything with their excrement as they fly. You start feeding them, and suddenly the entire block has to clean their balconies and cars every day.

Re: Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016)

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Re: Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016)

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Post by pmarreck » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 7:09 AM UTC

erikig wrote: post #148

pmarreck wrote: post #129

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Re: Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016)

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Post by dbdjfjrjvebd » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 7:32 AM UTC

hornbaker wrote: post #208

avip wrote: post #195

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Rodents "virtually never" transmit a disease that virtually always kills you, and consequently doctors virtually always send you to rabies treatment when bitten by rodents (but it's not as bad nowdays, just standard shots). Source: was bitten by rodents.

That’s surprising, given the CDC’s view on the matter: “[Small rodents] are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to transmit rabies to humans. In all cases involving rodents, the state or local health department should be consulted before a decision is made to initiate postexposure prophylaxis.” https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/exposure/animals/other.html

Would you take the risk of being the doctor that blocked rabies treatment for a patient that died? That might not be how you would see it but the patient's family, the public and the jury would see it that way.

Re: Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016)

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Post by Johnny555 » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 7:35 AM UTC

mark-r wrote: post #185

tzs wrote: post #8

> It's technically illegal to have a wild animal as a pet in Brazil, as officials want to ensure vulnerable creatures don't get separated from their families and that they can be reintroduced into the wild after injury. Same where I am. I've wondered, though. What constitutes a pet? For example, I give peanuts to the wild squirrels around my house. This is not illegal where I live. It is illegal, however, to keep a w…

I was walking down the sidewalk at a University once, and a squirrel stopped in front of me. I stopped and stared down at it. It moved a foot closer and stared back up at me. Before I knew what was happening it started scampering up my leg! I jumped and it went back down, but I still don't know why it did that.

He was probably looking for the food that other students feed him. Squirrels at my university were quite used to people feeding them by hand.

Re: Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016)

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Post by dbdjfjrjvebd » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 7:36 AM UTC

clairity wrote: post #19

tzs wrote: post #8

> It's technically illegal to have a wild animal as a pet in Brazil, as officials want to ensure vulnerable creatures don't get separated from their families and that they can be reintroduced into the wild after injury. Same where I am. I've wondered, though. What constitutes a pet? For example, I give peanuts to the wild squirrels around my house. This is not illegal where I live. It is illegal, however, to keep a w…

i gradually tamed the ducks that graced our pond with bits of wonder bread when i was a kid. they let me pet them and hug them and squeeze them in exchange. =) i didn’t quite consider them my pets but they certainly weren’t wild any more.

Sadly feeding bread to ducks is not healthy for them.

Re: Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016)

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Post by Johnny555 » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 7:36 AM UTC

This makes me feel sad for one of them when the other one inevitably dies and can't make the meet up.

Re: Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016)

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 8:11 AM UTC

WalterSear wrote: post #78

agumonkey wrote: post #68

We have to eat.. but if we hadn't I'd be happy never have to harm another living form. It's how nature is built .. but still.

I've been vegan 20 years. Big, socially-censured changes can seem daunting, but anyone who says you can't eat well, and easily, is fooling themselves. You either live your values, or come to terms with being part of what you don't like about the world.

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Re: Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016)

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Post by pepeye » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 8:28 AM UTC

Johnny555 wrote: post #237

This makes me feel sad for one of them when the other one inevitably dies and can't make the meet up.

That's life unfortunately, just have to learn to deal with it.

Re: Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016)

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Post by Johnny555 » Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 8:35 AM UTC

pepeye wrote: post #239

Johnny555 wrote: post #237

This makes me feel sad for one of them when the other one inevitably dies and can't make the meet up.

That's life unfortunately, just have to learn to deal with it.

Maybe that's your life, just soldier on no matter what life throws at you, but in my life, it's ok to feel sad about sad things since that's how humans deal with them.