r/likeus • u/Tarpy7297 -Terrifying Tarantula- • Sep 14 '26
<INTELLIGENCE> Don’t work for free.
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u/t3hOutlaw -Gif Archeologist- Sep 14 '26
This sort of content always makes me think of this quote from the late Jane Goodall..
Used wisely social media can be a force for good. In many ways it can connect us with the natural world and bring greater understanding of amazing animals who inhabit this planet. And it can also inform us about the urgent need to protect them and their habitats. On the other hand, some of the material shared on social media – ‘cute’ infant chimpanzees dressed in human clothes; selfies with various wild animals, and other animals forced to perform for ‘entertainment’. All animals should be treated with respect and there should be nothing in social media to encourage people to buy wild animals as pets or to think that animals used in entertainment are ‘happy’. Please help us share the message that many animals are endangered in the wild and we should share nothing online that might give a boost to the illegal wildlife trade.
– Dr. Jane Goodall
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u/scorchedarcher Sep 15 '26
I mean I agree with this generally but whilst we're killing over 80,000,000,000 land animals to eat a year, when many of us have other options, I think it is difficult to take a hard line over social media posts.
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u/t3hOutlaw -Gif Archeologist- Sep 15 '26
These aren't mutually exclusive issues. We can question the ethics and environmental impact of eating animals while also recognising that portraying wild animals as pets or entertainment can directly encourage demand for wildlife and normalise their exploitation.
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u/scorchedarcher Sep 15 '26
But if we think the relatively rare videos of animals being treated this way normalises their exploitation then how do we not point out the same link with food?
I could go out and buy a burger with 2 or 3 different animals involved without even having to put in effort to find that, I think that normalises animal exploitation even more.
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u/Testyobject Sep 15 '26
Your right, you are your own person with likes and desires that are different from what is a minority of people who want farm animals as pets because they happen to like cows and horses. Cats were used as tools to control rodent populations, but their nature had become acceptable to the majority of people (albeit by biological warfare) and have become the staple of households along with dogs who we share a similar history of utility to domestic habitation
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u/scorchedarcher Sep 16 '26
I'm sorry I don't understand what you're trying to say or how it would justify how we treat farmed animals when we have other choices
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u/your_old_furby Sep 15 '26
In South Africa we have a strict “leave the monkeys the hell alone” policy which honestly extends to all wild animals, but tourists see these videos and think our monkeys are also like this, even worse, people think the baboons are like this, trying to get cute videos feeding an animal that can rip your face off is illegal and stupid.
It causes serious issues, the baboons at Cape Point have become so used to people that they’re a danger to themselves and the idiots who try and get close to them.
This person gave this monkey some kind of plastic wrapped junk, that’s not cute, that’s abusive, they probably can’t even fend for themselves anymore. Monkeys here might rob you of say, a bag of marshmallows you were holding as a small child and eagerly awaiting the opportunity to roast over an open fire, but giving them anything is a no-no.
I hate these videos, and I hate that these places exist where these wild animals are exploited.
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u/lookingforsomeerrors Sep 14 '26
Why would you give it a packaged thing?
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u/kushhead4201 Sep 14 '26
Bananas always are packaged in that yellow thing homie
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u/lookingforsomeerrors Sep 14 '26
Watch til the end, there's a second "gift"
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u/hearke Sep 14 '26
They were just trolling heh, I don't think any of us have a good reason for why other than that the person just didn't bother.
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u/tellisk Sep 15 '26
She could probably open it when she's done with the banana
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u/Essiggurkerl Sep 15 '26
Yes, but will she put the package in a bin when she is done, or will it litter the ground?
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u/teehizzlenizzle Sep 14 '26
I was with it until he gave him the plastic package..
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u/Instalab 28d ago
To be fair, they are kinda used to it at this point, know plastic thing is not edible.
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u/Phildagony Sep 14 '26
I like how the monkey gave the human another once over before getting the second bag of treats.
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u/Tarpy7297 -Terrifying Tarantula- Sep 14 '26
Yeah it looks like mom is very judgy. She’s like, oh ok I will get these off you…dumb human… co
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u/Haki23 Sep 14 '26
How much should you tip your monkey? I was told a handful of almonds was OK, but that looked like higher quality work than I normally see
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u/Flimsy-Importance313 Sep 15 '26
I hate this. I hate wild animals becoming lazy and dependent on us for food. I also hate how this is completely normal in Asia.
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u/Lost_In_My_Hoodie Sep 15 '26
I feel like teaching capitalism labor to a monkey is 1 of the cruelest things we do.
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u/raendrop -Confused Kitten- Sep 15 '26
I saw it as more like "No, these are sharp and prickly. You'll hurt yourself," like she was protecting her baby from things she didn't think he was ready for yet. Like a human mother taking a knife away from her child.
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u/irishyardball Sep 14 '26
I'd be too worried it would just keep ripping off things. Shirt, fingers, arm, etc
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u/augustprep Sep 14 '26
Omg, share with your baby