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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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apendleton wrote: post #32
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…

Legal or no, your coworker should probably be careful. Raccoons are one of the main rabies carriers in the US. Of course, if it was actually a pet, presumably your coworker could have gotten the raccoon vaccinated.

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

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Post by Semaphor »

riku_iki wrote: post #30
sudhirj wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very unlikely that any animal will swim hundreds or thousands of miles to a free food joint, there’s easier ways to eat. And there’s biologists on record saying that this imprinting does happen with handlers and they try to avoid it in research situations.

> swim hundreds or thousands of miles Some penguins can fly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4

This is a hoax for those who don't know.

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

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Post by dddddaviddddd »

riku_iki wrote: post #30
sudhirj wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very unlikely that any animal will swim hundreds or thousands of miles to a free food joint, there’s easier ways to eat. And there’s biologists on record saying that this imprinting does happen with handlers and they try to avoid it in research situations.

> swim hundreds or thousands of miles Some penguins can fly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4

See also (more details): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzhDsojoqk8

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

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Post by ams6110 »

vageli wrote: post #38
tapland wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here in Sweden someone had pigeons flying to their balcony all the time and they got reported for keeping them as a pet. The city dropped them off in another town but they flew back and were ordered to be put down because native species are not allowed to be kept as pets and they were unwilling to adapt to not living on the balcony.

> Here in Sweden someone had pigeons flying to their balcony all the time and they got reported for keeping them as a pet. The city dropped them off in another town but they flew back and were ordered to be put down because native species are not allowed to be kept as pets and they were unwilling to adapt to not living on the balcony. If the motivation of these laws is to protect the animals, I can't think of a more…

Pigeons hardly need protecting. They are nuisance animals in most areas.

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

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Post by shashwatak »

uhtred wrote: post #36
pmarreck wrote: post #13

To forgive the tautology, intelligent creatures are intelligent. Which also means that love is possible. I mean... every person who's ever had a pet (of any sort) understands this (as I stare at the photo of my recently-deceased and very-charismatic cat). It may not fit into any naturalistic model that clearly separates humans from these other intelligent creatures (and ascribes all perception of humanlike feeling to…

How can you continue to eat other animals if you feel the way you do about other animals?

Because they're delicious :(

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

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Post by agumonkey »

karlshea wrote: post #5
jackpeterfletch wrote: post #4

Is it possible the penguin thinks this is his mate?

> He believes that Dindim now interprets Proveta as his home, and imprinted on the 71-year-old, whom Dindim sees as a partner. For reasons like these, most professionals try to avoid this circumstance.

some penguins were said to be lifelong partners..

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

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Post by agumonkey »

sudhirj wrote: post #3
firefoxd wrote: post #2

Animalus Anthropomorphicus, "the animal as seen through the human eyes." I think Dindim has found a source of free food. Although it's a win win because who doesn't want to be visited by a penguin.

Very unlikely that any animal will swim hundreds or thousands of miles to a free food joint, there’s easier ways to eat. And there’s biologists on record saying that this imprinting does happen with handlers and they try to avoid it in research situations.

Animals, unless deprived, are very capable of feeding themselves .. my old grandma's cat still brings whatever she finds at night.

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

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Post by kkhire »

pmarreck wrote: post #13

To forgive the tautology, intelligent creatures are intelligent. Which also means that love is possible. I mean... every person who's ever had a pet (of any sort) understands this (as I stare at the photo of my recently-deceased and very-charismatic cat). It may not fit into any naturalistic model that clearly separates humans from these other intelligent creatures (and ascribes all perception of humanlike feeling to…

it took me like 6-7 months to go vegan, it was hard for me to give up omelettes and cheese. but one day, I woke up and just didn't want to eat it anymore.

Start to have vegan meals once a day. then 3x a week. slowly your taste buds change and then you don't want it anymore

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

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Post by Memosyne »

When I was a child, a school teacher showed me this hoax video of flying penguins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4.

Unfortunately, for a brief period of my childhood, I was under the assumption that penguins could indeed fly. By the time I had uncovered my teacher's subterfuge, I had already made a fool of myself by publicly positing that such penguins existed.

Admittedly, my teacher was only playing a prank on me -- but ever since that incident I have been distrustful of penguins. I genuinely hope that one day I can overcome this irrational view and appreciate the flightless birds.

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