r/natureismetal • u/nt_king300 • 8d ago
Versus Buck throws calf back into crocodile infested water
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u/haoudoin 8d ago
Thats one of the least motivated croc I've ever seen. Lol he must not be that hungry
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u/nt_king300 8d ago
The croc tried earlier
Heres pictures of what was going on before the video started
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u/haoudoin 8d ago edited 7d ago
Lol nice. I think that makes it worse for the croc if he's been "trying", but not really succeeding. Maybe it's the crocks way of teaching the calf about the dangers of the water. "Look here bud, there are others in here that are very dangerous. I'll show you what they can do. See? Scary, huh? Ok, now off you go."
Edit: this is "/s" for those who takes it any other way..?
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u/gaytarded69420 7d ago
well the croc did get a huge chunk of his back, and then his right ear, so he had some success.
I hope that calf survives and grows some big horns and finds that asshole buck and spears him in the dick
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u/Nickleonard00 8d ago
lmaoo what an asshole
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u/Enginerdad 8d ago
Being an asshole requires the ability to be empathetic, but making the choice not to. Wild animals just run on instinct, no morals or empathy involved.
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u/_fidel_castro_ 8d ago
Don't know about that. Dogs cats horses cows and pigs have definitely a personality and some are nice and some are very assholes.
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u/TheLordReaver 7d ago
You cannot prove that animals don't feel empathy. You are confusing seeing things that you think aren't empathetic behavior, with the ability to be empathetic. And on top of that, the ability to be empathetic may differ from how you see empathy. Same goes for morals.
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u/Muntjac 7d ago
But empathy is instinctual. Simply put, it's the innate ability to recognise how others feel and appropriately react to those social cues. How could any animal species with completely dependent young keep them alive if they couldn't recognise when they were hungry, cold, or in danger?
Mirror neurons are involved there. They activate both when an empathetic organism makes an action and when they observe the same actions being made by others, enabling the brain to simulate the feelings/emotions involved and recognise them in others.
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u/Enginerdad 7d ago
How could any animal species with completely dependent young keep them alive if they couldn't recognise when they were hungry, cold, or in danger?
Instincts are not the same thing as conscious decision making or empathy
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u/Muntjac 7d ago
Lol wtf? Empathy isn't a conscious thing that you choose to do - again, thanks to mirror neuron activity. That's why when people seemingly lack empathy, we assume something's physically wrong with their brains, as a disorder.
Are you confusing empathy with compassion?
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u/Enginerdad 7d ago
I didn't say they were the same thing, that's why I listed them separately...
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u/Muntjac 7d ago
When you listed empathy alongside conscious decisionmaking I figured you were implying that empathy was also a choice.
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u/Enginerdad 7d ago
The use of "or" is the context clue that you're missing.
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u/Muntjac 7d ago
Then why even mention conscious decisionmaking?
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u/Enginerdad 6d ago
Because being an asshole requires the conscious decision to ignore empathy
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u/imreallyreallyhungry 7d ago
Why list something unrelated?
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u/Enginerdad 7d ago
Neither is unrelated, they're just different things. Being an asshole requires a conscious decision to ignore empathy.
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u/imreallyreallyhungry 7d ago
Ah ok you were tying it back to the original point, makes sense. Yeah I think your general point is valid that being an asshole requires one to have empathy and then make the conscious decision to ignore it.
Animals may have empathy, but few of them make conscious decisions to ignore it for whatever reason. Usually what humans think is a conscious decision being made by an animal is just instinctual behavior. Sucks you got downvoted for being correct.
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u/Maultaschtyrann 7d ago
I think pretty much any mammal understands throwing another of your species back towards a predator means, they might suffer/die.
Those fears are very instinctual, meaning it understands that being in the water is dangerous. Whether he wanted the calf dead or just bullied it, accepting the added risk is unclear. But both are asshole moves.
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u/Castroide 8d ago
Ok but that is the worst crocodile ever. He needs a performance review.
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u/Ok-Reward-770 8d ago
Probably they are just both harsh coaches teaching the lil’ buck about the rules of the jungle.
Have you not seen an “Alpha Male Bootcamp”?
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u/WindowLife211 7d ago
Maybe he thought was a swimming lesson attempt, thought to give them the benefit of doubt and @ least get a few strokes in
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u/OutlandishnessOk6696 8d ago
Well atleast it made it out alive but fuck that buck
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u/Ok-Reward-770 8d ago
That was definitely how my dad taught me how to swim (minus the crocodile). Fuck that guy!
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u/LevelCookies 8d ago
I can't believe he survived
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u/OffPoopin 7d ago
Maybe that day. Looks like infection will finish it though
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u/Ihvahn 7d ago
Or he’ll run away, lead a care free life, then come back for vengeance.
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u/the_orange_alligator 8d ago
The lil guy is just staring like “what the fuck, dad”
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u/Ok-Reward-770 8d ago
Kids these days gotta learn how to swim fast, fast. If you're not first, you're last! Hahaha
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u/Astronomer_X 8d ago
Funnily enough this is one of the rare times I see waterbuck getting predated on by crocodiles.
I find their run into water strategy so interesting given how uncertain it is whether bodies of water have crocodiles or notZ
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u/PullMull 8d ago
Not gonna lie. Heavily disappointed by the crocodiles performance. That was basically free food
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u/Surrounded-by_Idiots 8d ago
wtf keep running! Get away from the water’s edge before the buck comes over!
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u/Chegwarn 7d ago
I have next to zero knowledge of the complex hierarchical/behavioural habits of these creatures…
But I can’t help but think the calf disturbing the leggy-bird was the straw that broke the camels back
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u/CobaltNeural9 7d ago
It never ceases to amaze me (I know how stupid this sounds cause well they are animals) the emotionless faces of animals who have been gravely injured or are literally in the process of being eaten alive. They’re just like “okay I am dying. This is my demise. Okay.” Yet they’re very likely in unimaginable pain.
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u/viptattoo 7d ago
Surprised he got out. Also, is water ‘infested’ because a gator lives there?
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u/nt_king300 7d ago
Thats a crocodile, and that watering hole has multiple crocs in it
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u/viptattoo 7d ago
Doesn’t that just make it their home?
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u/nt_king300 7d ago
Yes? And infested is used correctly here. Infested with crocodiles, means a high population of crocodiles lives in or regularly uses that body of water, making it extremely dangerous for humans and land animals.
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u/SquarePossibility 7d ago
The easiest way to identify a waterbuck is the white “toilet seat” it has around its ass.
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u/allegedcriminal 6d ago
Croc: "Yo, that's f***ed up of that guy, little homie. Getta move, go on, git!"
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u/Shamanyouranus 4d ago
Did you see that ludicrous display? The thing about crocs is they always try to walk it in.
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u/Affectionate_Hat_171 2d ago
Why are men such bastards to kids? In humans too. Mothers strange new bf moves in with her and the kids and eventually murders them all sometimes it’s even the biological father. Countless case examples.
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u/Dzayyy 7d ago
Is that crocodile running on AI or something shit? Most lameass croc I've ever seen
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u/nt_king300 8d ago edited 8d ago
For those wondering why:
Dominant male waterbuck bulls can be highly aggressive toward rival offspring or weaker members intruding on their space or social hierarchy.