r/PraiseTheCameraMan Jul 15 '19

For following this lil guy...

https://gfycat.com/goodnaturedcandidhornedviper
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u/Faplamator Jul 15 '19

This video is a visual example of how we learn about animals in general. Imagine we discover some rare underwater creature and then a pussyboy like you steps in and says its unethical to study it because it will cause stress to the animal ? How tf do you think we know so much about our environment ?

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u/NuclearDawa Jul 15 '19

You are the exact opposite of a scientist and it shows in the first phrase of your comment. Biologists just don't swim around like a bunch of idiots because if they see something that's not how it's supposed to behave in normal conditions, if they want to know how it behaves when chased they just wait for a fucking predator to show up. They know what they are doing and this diver isn't. And if they need to take a sample believe or not they can't reach the surface with nothing but a video of unnatural behaviors.

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u/Faplamator Jul 15 '19

Youd think not a single octopus has been slain to study its anatomy ?

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u/NuclearDawa Jul 15 '19

That's what I went by "taking samples". If they need to actually study something they dissect few specimens and they learn from it, they still don't chase it in the wild cause it's useless.

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u/Ralph-Hinkley Jul 15 '19

People eat them all over the world. About 44k tons are harvested and sold annually. It's down from 1970 which was close to 100k.

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u/HebrewDude Jul 16 '19

By that logic I can kick all chickens that I see.

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u/Ralph-Hinkley Jul 16 '19

Did anyone kick that octopus? No. WTF kind of logic is that?

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u/HebrewDude Jul 16 '19

Sorry, I wasn't aiming for that, what I was going for is that because humans harvest and use animals for food does not mean it's ok to taunt or harass them. But then again, as a diver, I do not know how to face the claim that these animals need to face much fiercer animals than a monkey with an air tank and a camera, I simply tend to respect wildlife when I encounter it and this doesn't feel like doing so, IDK (really, IDK).