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The article said the humans have "culled" about 1000 of the monkeys. It's interesting that we use different euphemisms depending on who's doing the killing.
by analog31 5y ago
The article said the humans have "culled" about 1000 of the monkeys. It's interesting that we use different euphemisms depending on who's doing the killing.
- option_greek 5y agoIn Malaysia not in India. In India, laws don't allow killing of even rabis infested dogs forget about monkeys. Not to mention monkeys are considered sacred.
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- h2odragon 5y agoIMO they don't need to be "culling," which would imply more "humane" means of killing like rifle shots or poisons. They need to go out and kill some monkeys in full sight of the other monkeys, in a personal and ugly way that the moneys understand. Swords and clubs time. Hang bits of the victims where the rest of them hang out. Works for coyotes.
- kerneloftruth 5y agoThe same term is used for cattle. I guess species at the top of the food chain choose the terms of art. I wouldn't be surprised, though, to learn that the monkeys have their own sound/ utterance to mean the killing of people.
- jimmyed 5y agoWhat do you mean same is used for cattle?
- IAmGraydon 5y agoHe means “cull” is a term we use for killing cattle.
- jessaustin 5y agoThat's not precisely correct. With respect to cattle or any other domesticated ungulates, "culling" means removing from the herd. That might occasionally be slaughter, but usually means selling the animal. Of course the new owner might buy the animal in order to slaughter it, but we can't assume that.
- pdpi 5y agoWe have different words for different types of killing. We say “slaughter” when we’re talking about killing a farm animal for food, and “cull” when talking about killing animals for the purpose of population management. Likewise we have “murder” for intentionally killing a person vs “manslaughter” for an accidental/less-culpable killing, and “euthanise” to describe killing something that is already dying so as to end its suffering. What the article describes is accurately described as culling, or killing for population control.
- fsckboy 5y agoculling actually means selecting out from a group on the basis of some criteria. harvested lobsters with one claw have less commercial value so they are separated out. They are sold more cheaply and called "culls". A difficult entry level university course in an academic department like Chemical Engineering could be used to cull the class of students down to only those who are serious about pursuing the field; in such a case, the culls are not killed. it's the nature of metonymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy that the word cull can take on extra meanings depending on the context.