• Seleni@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Who started the assumption that herbivores were all sweet harmless cuddle bugs anyhow? Because they had obviously never interacted with a large herbivore before.

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      14 days ago

      People are gored by bison at Yellowstone every year. When I visited a few years ago, the rangers were actively having to tell people to avoid an elk who, with his harem, had decided to hang out in Fort Yellowstone for a couple days. People are dumb, or don’t think “wow that’s a 600+ lb animal the size of a minivan”.

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      14 days ago

      Both of them attack. It’s just that carnivores treat it as you owe them money.

      And herbivores treat it as they owe you money.