• @IgnoreKassandra
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      241 year ago

      Damn. Stabbing things hurts them? I’m just learning this now for the first time…

      • maybe
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        61 year ago

        I think further testing and study needs to occur to confirm this hypothesis. Step over here under my shiny testing instrument and I’ll record the results.

      • Leclipse
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        41 year ago

        Today I Learned

    • @MercuryUprising
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      121 year ago

      I know, definite some big if true level shit here.

      Almost reminds me of when scientists had to explain to people that fish and crustaceans also feel pain.

    • @Ddhuud
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      61 year ago

      Ikr? Stabbing… Not good. I have to write this down.

  • @[email protected]
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    271 year ago

    Something really funny about needing a report to work that out.

    “Surprisingly, when you stab someone with a sharp and pointy stick, it hurts quite a bit. Fascinating.”

    Nobody could have predicted this.

    • @zeppo
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      51 year ago

      I’m not sure if it’s some sort of cognitive dissonance or denial, but a lot of people believe for some unknown reason that various animals or other organisms don’t feel pain… even though they react like they obviously do. Lobsters are a good example.

    • Melpomene
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      21 year ago

      Right?

      Dear scientists, I too dislike being skewered with sharp pointy things. I also dislike getting perforated by sharp stabby things or punctured by fast metal things.

      So we’re clear.

  • @Geek_King
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    251 year ago

    Do people mind being harpooned? Asking for a friend.

    • @RIotingPacifist
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      51 year ago

      We can’t be sure until a government study tells us.

      Unrelated I’m looking for volunteers in a government run experiment.

  • @quantum_mechanic
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    171 year ago

    Wow, imagine that, other mammals and animals can feel pain. Who’d have thunk?

    • exohuman
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      71 year ago

      It’s incredible people have trouble understanding this.

  • @[email protected]
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    141 year ago

    I thought harpooning whales was an ancient relic of the past, not something we’re STILL fighting against in the 21st century. Oof.

  • ElephantKant
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    111 year ago

    Thus begins the beginnings of “We’re whalers on the moon, we carry a harpoon!” Sorry, wrong community

    • maybe
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      11 year ago

      This takes me back!

  • Destroyer Of Worlds
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    81 year ago

    Maybe they noticed certain calico sea mammals have started fighting back

  • sweet_and_full_of_grace
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    71 year ago

    It was also just a single company running a few extremely old ships. The guy who runs it must have had extreme pull to have lobbied for keeping whaling running for so long in the face of massive unpopularity.

    Minke whale tastes absolutely fantastic though. Might miss it.

  • Maeve
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    31 year ago

    Next study: mammals can have generational memory similar to corvids?

  • Quit_this_instance
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    11 year ago

    We all know the real reason is that they know about the revenge of the orcas and they’re trying to escape before it’s too late.