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I agree with karma and deservedness not being aligned but I am pretty sure an animal doing what it is doing is limited by the need to hunt and feed rather than
by flashgordon 4y ago
I agree with karma and deservedness not being aligned but I am pretty sure an animal doing what it is doing is limited by the need to hunt and feed rather than to subjugate and be sadistic?
- AlexandrB 4y agoNot for more intelligent animals. Consider the footage of killer whales "playing with their food" from Blue Planet.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 4y agoClearly you do not own cats.
- gpderetta 4y agoAre you talking those cute furry four legged sadistic serial killers?
- flashgordon 4y agoHot damn I don't. I always thought I'd be a cat person but sounds like I need to revisit my choices!
- nradov 4y agoI have seen California sea lions killing ocean sunfish (mola molas) in a way that appears to be sadistic, or at least just for sport. The sea lions bite the fishes' fins off without eating them, then play with the crippled bodies like living frisbees. After a while the sea lions get bored and let the fish sink to the seafloor where they're eaten alive by crabs. Nature, red in tooth and claw.
- maria2 4y agoIs that a form of sadism? Perhaps the sea lion is unable to conceive of the suffering of the fish. To the sea lion, the fish is merely an object. Playing with the fish is no different than playing with a rock to the sea lion.
- layer8 4y agoSounds very similar to a psychopath incapable of empathy.
- fluoridation 4y agoLack of empathy is the norm in nature, not the exception. A species of predator that could empathize with its prey would starve to death.
- layer8 4y agoYeah, my point was that the GP probably wouldn't view a psychopath as innocent as a sea lion, hence there would seem to be a double standard.
- dinosaurdynasty 4y agoDoes that matter for the fish?
- vlunkr 4y agoNo, but that's not the question being discussed.