Animal Stereotypes That You Hate

[DaLilFishie]

“Everything in Australia wants to kill you.”
Um… Africa??!?!!
Last time I checked, Australia isn’t currently home to mammalian predators that can and have hunted humans, nor mammalian herbivores that can make your remains look like a GMOD ragdoll.

This this this this this. Yes, Australia has some pretty dangerous animals but only like 2 or 3 (crocodiles, sharks, maybe dingo?) of them will actually attack a human unprovoked. Snakes and spiders really don't want to bite you if they can avoid it, that's energetically-expensive venom wasted on a non-prey animal.

Box/Irukandji jellies though are a different story, but they're fairly easy to avoid. Wear a stinger suit/wetsuit, avoid swimming in marine/estuarine areas during the summer months, or just don't go swimming if you're too worried about them.

 

[Scottish Wildcat]

When I was a child I always thought "Woah Australia is so dangerous! Everything wants to kill you!" stereotype was really weird cause I mostly saw it coming from Americans, and as a little British child the idea of grizzly bears, wolves, and cougars was way scarier than snakes and spiders

 

[Fallax]

I’d also like to mention Addax, Alligator, Anhinga, Antechinus, Arapaima, Chimaera, Corydoras, Hippopotamus, Lemur, Lynx, Mylossoma, Oryx, Planigale, Platypus, Python, Rhea, Rhinoceros, and Saiga.

Worth noting the genus Platypus is for a kind of weevil, the animal commonly known as the platypus is in the genus Ornithorhynchus.

 

[loui3]

I hate it when people call sloths lazy

 

[Gibbonsagainstgravity]

I hate it when people refer to penguins as being “two colored birds from antarctica”.

 

[birdsandbats]

I hate it when people refer to penguins as being “two colored birds from antarctica”.

Is that not a perfect description of this bird?

 

[Osedax]

Is that not a perfect description of this bird?

The majority of penguin species are not from Antarctica, and a very large number of them are more than just black and white (crested penguins and hoiho - black, white and yellow; Humboldt and magellanic - black, white and pink; little penguins - blue and white).

 

[TeaLovingDave]

“two colored birds from antarctica”.

The majority of penguin species are not from Antarctica, and a very large number of them are more than just black and white (crested penguins and hoiho - black, white and yellow; Humboldt and magellanic - black, white and pink; little penguins - blue and white).

And there's more than two of them

 

[Chlidonias]

Granted I don't normally hang around people, but is "two-coloured birds from Antarctica" really a common name used for penguins? It seems a lot longer to say than just "penguins".

 

[JigerofLemuria]

Granted I don't normally hang around people, but is "two-coloured birds from Antarctica" really a common name used for penguins? It seems a lot longer to say than just "penguins".

True, but the assumption that they ALL come from antarctica is rather common. How many people have I heard complaining that Spain is too hot fot Humboldt penguins...?

 

[ZooNew2004]

Generic Monkeys, I can't stand generic monkeys.

 

[Westcoastperson]

And there's more than two of them

There’s got to be six at least.

 

[TinoPup]

True, but the assumption that they ALL come from antarctica is rather common. How many people have I heard complaining that Spain is too hot fot Humboldt penguins...?

I'm just happy they're saying Antarctica and not the Arctic.

 

[Osedax]

I'm just happy they're saying Antarctica and not the Arctic.

Yes, good point. When I was watching Frozen Planet II with my parents, my mum was disgusted at the walruses and said "I wonder how many penguins have been killed by walruses lying on them.".

 

[TinoPup]

Yes, good point. When I was watching Frozen Planet II with my parents, my mum was disgusted at the walruses and said "I wonder how many penguins have been killed by walruses lying on them.".

All of the penguin imagery around Christmas doesn't help, either. All the penguins mingling with polar bears at the north pole...

 

[Dassie rat]

I dislike people who despise hyenas, jackals and vultures for being scavengers. I bet many of those people are scavengers

 

[Scottish Wildcat]

Granted I don't normally hang around people, but is "two-coloured birds from Antarctica" really a common name used for penguins? It seems a lot longer to say than just "penguins".

"Mommy look! The two-coloured bird from Antarctica! Wow I sure do love those 'two-coloured birds from Antarctica' of Madagascar! What's your favourite biscuit? Mine is the two-colou-"

 

[Dassie rat]

Worth noting the genus Platypus is for a kind of weevil, the animal commonly known as the platypus is in the genus Ornithorhynchus.

I beat the brains on 'Brain of Britain' with this information

 

[Dassie rat]

Is that not a perfect description of this bird?

There are 2 species of Antarctic penguin, the Adelie and emperor. The emperor penguin is not just black and white

 

[birdsandbats]

There are 2 species of Antarctic penguin, the Adelie and emperor. The emperor penguin is not just black and white

What happened to Chinstrap, Gentoo, and Macaroni Penguins? All of which are black-and-white and occur in Antarctica? Emperor Penguin is black-and-white too, although it does have other colors.