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Animal Stereotypes That You Hate
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Don't see how this is that bad, some people just find some things cute.
Depending on the animal, it can go wrong quickly for either human or animal if said misinterpretation leads to an animal attack. Or stress-induced illness / injury / death of the animal.
Ah, so that's what you hated.
I still "hate" that - or rather, seriously dislike to witness. I try not to hate, as
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Yes, good mention and actually I really hate those kind of sentiments too.
The truth is that we do worry about ourselves and our own self-importance far more than we do about the rest of life on earth continuously and give our own species far more attention than we do with any other.
I also truly dislike the "human wellbeing / welfare is a higher priority to conservation" argument because as you correctly point out the two are not mutually exclusive and should in fact be dealt with holistically.
The current situation with the Covid-19 pandemic I think really highlights this situation. Environmental degradation also leads to the degradation of soil, erosion, poor water and air quality, and many more factors that greatly affect humans.
Then there is also the terrifying fact that our current lifestyles are most likely entirely unsustainable and 'worrying about my own family first' should actually prioritize fighting climate change as children born today may have to face the brunt of these consequences. Unknowingly, people just shove off these problems to their children, so rather than worrying about their own families, they really are only worrying about themselves now. They won't have to see or bear these consequences as heavily in the now but it is almost certainly will harm their children who they claim to worry and prioritize so much.
Ironic, really. Sorry to get so critical here but as someone living in the US I think that I am just as much to blame for these climate realities. To which extent the fact that I recognize it makes it better, I'm not sure.
These are some stereotypes I could think of that I don't think were mentioned yet:
- Armadillos roll into a ball when threatened (only armadillos from the genus Tolypeutes are able to do this).
- Touching toads will give you warts.
- Rabbits love carrots.
- Piranhas will eat any living thing that falls into the water.
- All penguins live in Antarctica.
- People calling clownfish "Nemo" and blue tangs "Dory" (probably the one I find most annoying)
- Armadillos roll into a ball when threatened (only armadillos from the genus Tolypeutes are able to do this).
- Touching toads will give you warts.
- Rabbits love carrots.
- Piranhas will eat any living thing that falls into the water.
- All penguins live in Antarctica.
- People calling clownfish "Nemo" and blue tangs "Dory" (probably the one I find most annoying)
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I already mentioned this one
Pantheraman
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I REALLY hate the stereotypes of predators being evil because they kill things or that they're bloodthirsty. I mean...people do realize killing other animals is how predators make a living right?
Oops, sorry about that. I deleted it.
There's been a lot of hate towards stingrays after a certain famous incident. Come on guys, this is not what Steve would have wanted. At least some aquariums have been trying to help stingray's image, I listened to the River Monsters talk at the Cairns Aquarium and they made a point of that rays aren't "out to get you" and where given the opportunity, they will almost always flee if threatened rather than use their barb.
Also clownfish's "cute and harmless" reputation. I've kept 2 species (ocellaris and clarkii), and the clarkii in particular was one of the meanest fish I've ever kept (ocellaris was better, still bit my hand though). He would bite my hand deep enough to draw blood while working in the tank, and eventually had to be rehomed after he took a chunk out of another fish's tail. Wild clownfish are known to bite at divers that approach their anemones and have even been seen nipping at sharks.
The Australian White Ibis has a bit of a bad reputation, which is a little unfair since they were here first and cities were built over their habitat, and they really didn't have a choice in the matter. Be nice to ibis please (although that song about them is pretty funny).
Also clownfish's "cute and harmless" reputation. I've kept 2 species (ocellaris and clarkii), and the clarkii in particular was one of the meanest fish I've ever kept (ocellaris was better, still bit my hand though). He would bite my hand deep enough to draw blood while working in the tank, and eventually had to be rehomed after he took a chunk out of another fish's tail. Wild clownfish are known to bite at divers that approach their anemones and have even been seen nipping at sharks.
The Australian White Ibis has a bit of a bad reputation, which is a little unfair since they were here first and cities were built over their habitat, and they really didn't have a choice in the matter. Be nice to ibis please (although that song about them is pretty funny).
They do know that humans also eat meat, right?
I have also kept 2 species (ocellaris and perucla)(a breed of percula called Coco clown). I started with three ocelaris which were fairly kind to my aquarium and it's inhabitants. Someone suggested I also introduce the two coco clowns which were not so kind. They bullied my Banggai Cardinalfish, killed all my ocelaris, and nipped at everything else in my tank. The moral of the story is clownfish aren't worth it at all.
I wouldn't say clownfish aren't worth it, they can be amazing little fish, just be careful which species you choose. Captive-bred ocellaris is usually a safe pick, so long as you keep them singly or in a pair, but A. clarkii and the Spinecheek Anemonefish are particularly bad when it comes to aggression.
ChIkEn NuGrEt
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I posted this earlier because this is also one of my pet peeves. This becomes horrible when people think this is actually how nature works so they feed their dogs plant-based foods so their not bloodthirsty killing machines, but they just end up harming their pets.
Animallover360
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Here are some I don’t like:
Pigs are dirty animals.
Lions are kings of the jungle.
All insects are bad.
Chimpanzees are always silly, goofy, and friendly.
The next one isn’t really a stereotype but it drives me insane.
When people call the aardvarks anteaters...
Pigs are dirty animals.
Lions are kings of the jungle.
All insects are bad.
Chimpanzees are always silly, goofy, and friendly.
The next one isn’t really a stereotype but it drives me insane.
When people call the aardvarks anteaters...
This is a good one. The high sugar content in a carrot is too much for a rabbit. I’ve learned that the hard way when I fed my rabbit carrots for a year before it died.
Here’s another stereotype. “Mice loving cheese.” When in actuality cheese have little to no nutritional value and some urge many not to feed their pet mice cheese at all. They often prefer seeds, nuts, berries, and other high calorie foods.
Another stereotype is that you should give bread and milk to hedgehogs
Pantheraman
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Another stereotype I hate is "Hunters can replace top predators where they're absent."
Me: "What so you people are too lazy or cowardly to try bringing back predators??"
And conservationists tell people that a species is important because of its ecological role so they understand why they need protection. So when people say "human hunters can replace predators" now all of a sudden people might think predators aren't as important anymore, at least that's my line of thinking.
Me: "What so you people are too lazy or cowardly to try bringing back predators??"
And conservationists tell people that a species is important because of its ecological role so they understand why they need protection. So when people say "human hunters can replace predators" now all of a sudden people might think predators aren't as important anymore, at least that's my line of thinking.