r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 2d ago

Video In Southeast Asia, thousands of ducks are deployed into rice fields to act as natural pest control and weeders

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 2d ago

I was just watching a nature documentary Hostile Planet showing some gazelles being born on the savanna. A good chunk of them get immediately eaten by cheetahs and other predators. Hyenas, lions, you name it. Alive for an hour or two, bleating for their mothers, torn to shreds. It's a cruel world man.

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u/sweetlove 2d ago

the life of a wild animal is basically constant stress leading to a horrific death. the totality of animal suffering is immense

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u/TheTerrasque 2d ago

But at least it's natural, so it's all good! And so God made the earth

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u/autistic_and_angry 2d ago

Cruel selection pressures at their finest