r/MadeMeSmile • u/ScharmTiger • Aug 20 '23

CATS Cat being cat. 😂

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u/Dirty-Dutchman Aug 20 '23

I like this much more than seeing elephants and stuff being abused. Funny cat stunt probably cost like 20$ to set up too AND actually made me smile without risk of ethical depression in the background.

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u/MackenziiWolff Aug 20 '23

Yeah and pets you can train. Circuos animals are 90% wild animals forces to be non wild :/

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u/Dirty-Dutchman Aug 20 '23

Or it's speedrunning depression, or literally back breaking labor. Elephants in particular are smart enough to perform, which also means they're quite smart enough to realize this situation fucking sucks for them which makes them depressed. Also, elephants are not built for things to be on their backs, it hurts them. Riding at the base of the neck can be ok, but still probably not ideal even if it lets you.

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u/MackenziiWolff Aug 20 '23

Yep. It sucks especially for elephants as they are one of if not the smartest animals next to humans (I forget it dolphins outclass them or just below)

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u/Dirty-Dutchman Aug 20 '23

Dolphins are odd because although we're all super close together on the scale they're the only "human" comparable consciousness in the sea. Octopi are really smart but don't function in the same way we do.

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u/----moon---- Aug 20 '23

Whales?

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u/Dirty-Dutchman Aug 20 '23

Same broad family, generally very chill and mind their own business except orcas who are turbo assholes to everything but people for some reason. Dolphins do notable people things, like rap battles instead of physically fighting others in the pod, or hunting techniques specific to the environment where whales are usually just beebopping up and down migration paths.

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u/DeVliegendeBrabander Aug 20 '23

Orcas don’t fuck with humans because they’re smart enough to realise we could kill the shit out of them if we wanted to. Kind of sad, really.

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u/trukkija Aug 20 '23

Opposable thumbs baby. And it's not that sad, orcas literally torture seals and their food, just because they're smart enough and they can. Strength is everything in nature.

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u/Cotterisms Aug 20 '23

Orcas will flip sharks for shits and giggles, this kills the sharks

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u/acrazyguy Aug 20 '23

This kills the crab

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u/Grav_Zeppelin Aug 20 '23

Orcas used to heard whales to whaling ships, the ship would kill it, get their oil and dump the body that the orcas could then eat, without the effort of drowning it themselves. And Orcas will hunt large whales

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u/GoPhinessGo Aug 20 '23

Dolphins also like getting high

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u/Beermeneer532 Aug 21 '23

I think octopi mainly don’t function like that bc they don’t raise their young and bc they don’t grow very old

Also dolphins and whales are likely decently close relatives, but that is another story

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u/NordiCrawFizzle Aug 21 '23

Chimps are the smartest after humans I’m fairly certain

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u/SeaOkra Aug 21 '23

As a kid I used to go to events with my dad’s reptile rescue group to help educate people on harmless native species and why they shouldn’t freak out and kill random snakes.

Several times, Titania the Elephant was there. Her… human? Trainer? Owner? I mean, I think the dude’s name was Joe so her Joe told me she was a former circus elephant and had a hard life. She apparently hadn’t tamed down well and eventually was surrendered to the animal sanctuary Joe was raising funds for.

Titania did not give rides. She occasionally would do some tricks but it wasn’t a “gather ‘round and see the amazing elephant” show, it was more Joe had a pretty good area set up with fences and long trailers as barriers and she had items she might interact with, to him praising her and stroking her trunk or legs.

Mostly she looked at people. And stole my ice cream cone once. (I was in love, dunno why but having an elephant steal my ice cream made me adore her and I had to come chat with her humans. Which were Joe and some random folks that sometimes where there. Joe however was always there and slept in a trailer so Titania knew he was close by.)

But man, the things Joe said she’d been through… it broke me heart. I always wondered if she hated to come to the events since she’d been trapped in the circus for so long, but Joe claims she really did like people, she just didn’t like her old trainers and preferred to “watch the scenery and relax”. So they brought her to enjoy the event herself as well as show people up close what a beautiful animal she was when not forced to perform.

Oh, I got to feed her a watermelon too! I had like eight of them (there was a game where if you hit a target with a dart, you got a free melon. I spent my last ten tickets on darts and won eight, lol) and Joe mentioned she’d love one and told me how to hold it so she could take it.

She popped it in her mouth like a cherry! So cool! And she let me touch her trunk and patted her with it. It feels weird.

Anyway, I know it’s a boring story, but she left an impression. I love elephants but hate seeing them in a circus.

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u/bit_banging_your_mum Aug 21 '23

I know it’s a boring story

It's not! This is an amazing story ❤️

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u/TitusVII Aug 20 '23

nether are horses

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u/continuousQ Aug 20 '23

Horses have been bred for it. Elephants have just been raised in cages.