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I'm usually more measured in my comments here, but oh well. This is horse shit. Do NOT interact with wolves. They're beautiful and majestic. They also absolute

I'm usually more measured in my comments here, but oh well. This is horse shit. Do NOT interact with wolves. They're beautiful and majestic. They also absolutely don't deserve the damage that can come from food from humans or habituation, and you don't deserve the risk (from attack, from disease, from a park ranger who's pissed that yet ANOTHER tourist is ignoring all of the postings to leave wild animals alone.) Bison near you? Get the fuck away. Wolf? Get the fuck away. Chipmunk? Seriously, stop interacting with wildlife. If you feed wildlife, you're an asshole. If wildlife is put down because a TikTok video got you attacked, you're an asshole. If yet another bear is relocated because you helped habituate it, you're an asshole. (And if you're wondering, there are usually a lot of laws around how people shouldn't interact with wildlife. For good reason.) Leave no trace. Let wildlife be wild. Leave it the fuck alone.

aziaziazi 4y ago
Well said but another statement is missing : Move to a new house near wild fauna and flora ? You’re an asshole, leave it the fuck alone. Expending suburbs and creating new one is taking over some life territory.
sillysaurusx 4y ago
You set up a straw man and berated it about a bunch of things I didn’t say, just so you know. Can you find a quote you disagree with, and then explain why you disagree with it? That usually clarifies situations like this. For example, the “when cared for” is an important qualifier in my statement.
- elcomet 4y ago
  The TikToks you linked are examples of what the parent comment is talking about: people interacting with wild animals as if they were pets.
  - sillysaurusx 4y ago
    He runs a wildlife sanctuary. The video takes place within that context. I should probably have clarified that bit, but I thought the fences made it clear.
- AlbertCory 4y ago
  Sure, how about "wolves are basically large dogs" ? That is provably false. If you deny that, you're just ignorant of the research. Dogs might have descended from wolves and can even interbreed with them, but they're not the same.
  - sillysaurusx 4y ago
    At a basic level, wolves are closer to dogs than they are to humans or bears. “Basically” doesn’t mean “equivalent.” I’m trying to let the insults roll off me, but saying I’m horse shit and ignorant for two things I didn’t say is a bit much. I think that’s enough HN for the day. Have a nice weekend.
    - AlbertCory 4y ago
      If you had just said that, you wouldn't have gotten all those insults. Language. This would also apply: "lions are closer to house cats than they are to humans or bears." So would you say "lions are basically large house cats" ?
- NegativeK 4y ago
  Dogs, in almost almost every interaction with a human, are pets. Wolves are not basically big pets. That's the concept I'm berating. I can see how your comment is not about habituating wolves, but it feels like I have to be extra charitable to read it that way even knowing your intent.
AlbertCory 4y ago
Hear, hear. It's wonderful that we still have these majestic creatures on Earth, but part of what's so wonderful is that they were here before we were.

aziaziazi 4y ago

Well said but another statement is missing : Move to a new house near wild fauna and flora ? You’re an asshole, leave it the fuck alone. Expending suburbs and creating new one is taking over some life territory.

sillysaurusx 4y ago

You set up a straw man and berated it about a bunch of things I didn’t say, just so you know. Can you find a quote you disagree with, and then explain why you disagree with it? That usually clarifies situations like this. For example, the “when cared for” is an important qualifier in my statement.

elcomet 4y ago
The TikToks you linked are examples of what the parent comment is talking about: people interacting with wild animals as if they were pets.
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  He runs a wildlife sanctuary. The video takes place within that context. I should probably have clarified that bit, but I thought the fences made it clear.
AlbertCory 4y ago
Sure, how about "wolves are basically large dogs" ? That is provably false. If you deny that, you're just ignorant of the research. Dogs might have descended from wolves and can even interbreed with them, but they're not the same.
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  At a basic level, wolves are closer to dogs than they are to humans or bears. “Basically” doesn’t mean “equivalent.” I’m trying to let the insults roll off me, but saying I’m horse shit and ignorant for two things I didn’t say is a bit much. I think that’s enough HN for the day. Have a nice weekend.
  - AlbertCory 4y ago
    If you had just said that, you wouldn't have gotten all those insults. Language. This would also apply: "lions are closer to house cats than they are to humans or bears." So would you say "lions are basically large house cats" ?
NegativeK 4y ago
Dogs, in almost almost every interaction with a human, are pets. Wolves are not basically big pets. That's the concept I'm berating. I can see how your comment is not about habituating wolves, but it feels like I have to be extra charitable to read it that way even knowing your intent.

AlbertCory 4y ago

Hear, hear. It's wonderful that we still have these majestic creatures on Earth, but part of what's so wonderful is that they were here before we were.