Holybejaysus wrote: » I think the correct term for these 'people' is Untermensch, or Sub Humans. They fill the void between the Gorilla and Man. They're not strictly an animal as such......but they certainly don't qualify as human either, no matter how low you set the bar.
Birdnuts wrote: » I've worked with Gorillas in Uganda and they are one of the most peacefull,intelligient creatures one could hope to meet. The way they care for members of their family groups is amazing and astonishingly advanced. There is a gorrilla currently in a research centre in California that can sign-language 600 words making her vocablary more advanced then many members of the human race. All in all I found these magnificient apes more pleasent and stimulating company then many members of the human race I have encountered in my 30 odd years!!
liah wrote: » A lot of people posting in this thread have apparently never heard of dolphins. Dolphins gang rape, bully, kill/wound for fun, torture their own and other species. It's hardly like we're the only ones who are cruel for no reason.
wyndham wrote: » You can still get stinger bars. Rip the fillings out of you but worth the risk .
steddyeddy wrote: » I worked with the mountain gorrilas in burundi and have to agree with everything you said. peacefull and thoughtful are how I would describe them. The sickening thing is that gorillas keep to themselves and poachers search them out and kill them for money, sick. That being said chimps are quite like us in terms of warmongering and aggression!
Guill wrote: » A Dolphin sold me crack once...
the purple tin wrote: » Your right about the wild chimps being very aggressive. I saw on a wildlife show once a gang of chimps battering another one to death because he wandered into their territory. It was very gruesome stuff, they even tore off his manhood:eek:
abouttobebanned wrote: » The world has gone to shit.
raah! wrote: » If you think animals are on a level similar or above humans, then perhaps you should be a vegetarian.
Irish Guitarist wrote: » I hate that phrase. Non-human animals have no malice. They kill for food. They fight to defend their territory or to win the affections of a mate. They don't go around killing each other for the hell of it.
steddyeddy wrote: » their three times more aggressive than a wolf (citation needed!).
They will even invade other chimps territory for the purpose of claiming it for themselves.
ScumLord wrote: » This is untrue, humans don't go around killing each other either for the most part. If you see just about any other animal meet another member of it's species it will try to ride it (with or with out consent) fight it, or run from it because the other member of it's species will try to kill it. The only reason human on human violence seems so bad is because it's so rare and those that do it seem completely odd when compared to a persons daily experience with other humans.
ScumLord wrote: » T The only reason human on human violence seems so bad is because it's so rare .
Birdnuts wrote: » Thats the oddest statement I've read on here yet
marco_polo wrote: » Not odd at all. Do you find the the majority of people you meet on a daily basis kick you in the face or say hello?
ScumLord wrote: » It's not really, if you think about it the vast majority of your daily interactions are probably just fine. You say hello to people, they say hello back. You socialise with friends you share your food, you meet some dick on the way home. He's a dick but no more than a nuisance, you and your friends mock him as you continue on your way home. We seem to focus way to much on the negative stuff we see on the tv more so than the day to day interactions we actually have. Compare that to a crow for example, you'd spend your day fighting and competing with your own flock for whatever food you could find and could be prone to an agonising death brought about at any moment by any number of other animals. Crows would have a relatively good life for a wild animal, they have the smarts to know how to work the human waste systems for food and can fly out of danger but you'll see plenty of them suffering and lying dead around the place.
Wibbs wrote: » The animal kingdom isnt Disney folks.