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Re:Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant by grecy on Friday May 03, 2024 @12:09AM (#40243944)
I was lucky enough to spend a bunch of time with Chimpanzees and Gorillas in Africa (mostly West Africa). I got to carry them, play with them and just chill with them in the jungle [1].

Staring into their eyes it is impossible to deny we are them and they are us. Their facial expressions, emotions, reactions, playfulness and also anger, jealousy and all the rest are incredible to be a part of. Often I was on the other side of a fence, but the times I was right in the middle of it all are something I will never forget as long as I live.

I have no doubt future generations will look back on us as heathens for keeping intelligent animals locked in cages.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfdo3s8tPUk

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Re:Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant by mehulashah on Friday May 03, 2024 @12:33AM (#40244062)
These are magnificent creatures. There is so much more left for us to learn about them and us. Phenomenal.
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Re:Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant by grecy on Friday May 03, 2024 @01:24PM (#40250049)
Out of interest, do you call other humans "creatures" ?

I find out use of wording interesting, and it helps justify putting them in cages and doing experiments on them.

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Re:Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant by mehulashah on Saturday May 04, 2024 @12:03AM (#40254706)
No I don’t, and it wasn’t intended that way. It was the opposite— they’re magnificent. They’re clearly not of our species. That does not mean they should be caged.
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Re:Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant by Log_out_ on Friday May 03, 2024 @02:06AM (#40244621)
Future generations will look at us as monsters propping up highly western economy dependent sanctuaries in economic fragile regions just before the big crash, sentencing sentients to die out of romanticism and a unrealistic view of us in reality.
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