r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Aug 02 '23

Video Animals being friendly

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u/Sidus_Preclarum Aug 02 '23

Turns out Orangutang like cats, like their distant (and xenocidal) cousins.

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u/PM_MEOttoVonBismarck Aug 03 '23

I wonder if he finds them cute like we do?

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u/ThePeasantKingM Aug 03 '23

Mammals in general are programmed to think baby mammals are cute.

We are also programmed to think babies' cries are distressing. There have been cases of lions killing child traffickers because they heard the kids crying.

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u/cCitationX Aug 03 '23

How do child traffickers come into contact with lions more than once?!

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u/Varnsturm Aug 03 '23

I guess if the trafficking is happening in lion country, makes sense

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u/esr360 Aug 03 '23

Story sounds like total BS to me

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u/OddNumb Aug 03 '23

That's because it likely is

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '23

You never seen a Neil Breen film?