you like my pets?

jared_kipe said:
It called the food chain. We eat other animals, sometimes raw. Its not fun to watch this because the mice are mammals so we identify with them. If it was a video of a Racoon eating a shrimp there wouldn't be a problem.

Anyway, Giant Centipedes bites are very dangerous. As far as bites go they are below most venomous snakes, but above most tarantulas and the like.
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Sorry, was that an attempt at answering my question? Did I mention that I work as a biologist and animal keeper at an aquarium? :) I know about the food chain, that's what I'm talking about. I've been educating people about it for 11 years. The question was, why is it easier to watch a "Raccoon eating a shrimp"? That "mice are mammals and we identify with them" seems kind of incomplete, but ok. I don't really identify with mice myself. :confused: This same connection seems to exists with birds, which don't happen to be mammals, though they do blink.



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:eek:

Next time you find something like that, keep it -
don't call us, we'll call you!! :)
 
Couldn't watch all that. You know. It's times like this I wish some super-sentient life form appeared on earth and fed these idiots to crocodiles. I don't see the point in this at all. In the wild, fine. It's survival and nature so it's right. But pushing it with a feather?

Karma will bite them back, I hope.
 
cyberddot said:
Sorry, was that an attempt at answering my question? Did I mention that I work as a biologist and animal keeper at an aquarium? :) I know about the food chain, that's what I'm talking about. I've been educating people about it for 11 years. The question was, why is it easier to watch a "Raccoon eating a shrimp"? That "mice are mammals and we identify with them" seems kind of incomplete, but ok. I don't really identify with mice myself. :confused: This same connection seems to exists with birds, which don't happen to be mammals, though they do blink.
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i swear it's got to be all about the cute factor and the way we can relate to their behavior. there is almost no way to relate to insects or some of the "cold blooded" animals out there. i imagine it boils down to the mannerisms of the creature.

birds, well birds are just cool. :p i had a parrot (molluccan cockatoo) and i have a soft spot for them. very few people believe me when i tell them i had a potty trained parrot who loved to be cuddled and would ask you with crystal clear clarity to do so. :) i miss that bird. :(

slightly OT, sorry.
 
Well I wish I didn't watch that. I'm not a big fan of bugs, especially giant ones. If I saw one of those on my patio it wouldn't get too far.
 
perhaps a warning to what you are about to witness would probably been appropriate. There is nothing unnatural about what is on that video, but some people will certainly find offence.
 
I saw the title of the film, I saw the mouse, I saw the centipede and deduced what I was about to see pretty quickly and closed the vid. I wouldn't say I was offended, but it makes me too queasy to watch. That's why I avoid watching those Animal Planet nature shows where you see animals in wild killing and eating other animals. I hope to never see how livestock, fowl, and sea creatures get killed or I may never eat meat again.... :eek:
 
Anyone seen King Kong yet? The part with the giant slug?:eek:
That was only CG, but it was tough to sit through, even the 2nd time when I knew it was coming.
 
zelmo said:
Anyone seen King Kong yet? The part with the giant slug?:eek:
That was only CG, but it was tough to sit through, even the 2nd time when I knew it was coming.
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Oh, man, I still think about that scene from time to time (usually when I see or here something about animals eating other animals alive) and shudder. I think I'll have to skip that scene if we ever get it on DVD....
 
zelmo said:
Anyone seen King Kong yet? The part with the giant slug?:eek:
That was only CG, but it was tough to sit through, even the 2nd time when I knew it was coming.
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-zelmo

Is that what those toothy things were that et Lumpy?!

In the immortal word of Bugs Bunny: "yeeeeEEEEEeeeel!"
 
For the record, I don't condone the posting of animal vs animal films as a way to shock, amaze or disgust people. Evidence suggests that it doesn't do much in the way of improving the animal's or the original poster's standing. ;) Jumping to the animals defense is just a result of too many years trying to clear up the myths that people use to justify mistreatment of fellow beings on the planet. :eek:

I suppose a critter like that centipede does tend to elicit a twitch response, even by me. I'm not a huge fan of insects either (giant, flying cockroaches anyone?), but insects that eat other insects are on my team as long as they stay out of my bed, clothes and shoes. Beats the heck out of insecticide induced headaches and long term prospects of a class-action suite against a chemical company. ;)

I grew up in Arizona, a state with 16 species of rattlesnake, 1 species of coral snake and untold numbers of poisonous insects, and with all the time I spent outside, including time spent fighting forest fires and sleeping on the ground a lot, I never saw a one that I didn't go looking for first.




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cyberddot said:
Did I mention that I work as a biologist and animal keeper at an aquarium?
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I have 750 gallons in marine aquariums, including everything from seahorses to a nurse shark. I don't feed the shark live food. Everything else gets thawed out frozen stuff. Yet still I admit to a constant craving for sushi. ;)
 
Aeolius said:
I have 750 gallons in marine aquariums, including everything from seahorses to a nurse shark. I don't feed the shark live food. Everything else gets thawed out frozen stuff. Yet still I admit to a constant craving for sushi. ;)
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If that insect was fed one of those frozen mice I probably wouldn't have a problem with the video. It just seems cruel to throw a live one in there, especially in the second video. Its not like the bug is getting valuable exercise or extra nourishment from a live mouse either. It's just unnecessary cruelty in my books even though it happens in the wild, a tank isn't the wild. The prey has no chance in a tank.
 
Before I got married, I kept quite a few reptiles. Most of my snakes would ONLY eat live food...pulling a thawed out mouse on a string did NOT work.
 
Aeolius said:
Before I got married, I kept quite a few reptiles. Most of my snakes would ONLY eat live food...pulling a thawed out mouse on a string did NOT work.
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That's because they were pissed at you for keeping them in a tank. ;) :p
 
Holly Crap! That was pretty awesome, yet creepy. I didn't know their venom was that powerful. How big do they get? How often do you feed it? When I was in high school I had a few Tarantulas, but nothing like this. I will admit it, centipedes are pretty damn creepy.

I must confess I watched the whole video and the others on the page.
 
DisFrikkenWill said:
you got it all wrong.... thats not me doing it.
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Well you said "my pets"...

Whoever it is, thats the only objection I have to it.

What I find funny about this is that, people can watch things like 24 and gory war movies, and watch the clips of the War in Iraq on TV without a problem (even if they know the movies and shows are fake) but when it comes to nature, they get all icked.

I might not have described that as best as I couldve, but Im sure you all know what Im trying to get at.
 
pathetic

What a pathetic waste of time and resources. Nothing more than morbit titilation along the lines of killing puppies (for scientific education purposes I'm sure).
 
hmmfe said:
What a pathetic waste of time and resources. Nothing more than morbit titilation along the lines of killing puppies (for scientific education purposes I'm sure).
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So, what does that make your post?

Or mine for that matter ... :p


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