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Ricky
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Dave W.
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GeeMack
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USA
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 Posted - 01/07/2007 : 21:56:47 [Permalink]
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Jeez, Dave. Now somebody will probably say something crass like, "Depends on which version of Bambi you're talking about."
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 01/07/2007 : 22:11:54 [Permalink]
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Except for the cuddling, I saw such behavior in Aberdeen, Washington, from my living room window. A buck deer sniffed a bunny, just like that. Neat, isn't it?
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 01/08/2007 : 04:39:01 [Permalink]
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That's so cute, I think I just might snap my lunch.....
I wonder if those animals weren't raised together in captivity (actually, I'm all but certain). Juvenile rabbits and deer will often "make friends" under such circumstances. These appear to be young adults (both are European species) and that tells me that they have been together for some time.
It's kinda saccharin, but neat pictures none the less.
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 01/08/2007 : 05:56:27 [Permalink]
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I got diabetes from those pictures...
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"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2007 : 09:23:40 [Permalink]
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The bunny and buck I saw were not raised together in captivity. The rabbit was a semi-tame domestic pet, which one of my neighbors regularly let loose to run around. (It was the latest of a long string of rabbits he did this with, each eventually disappearing, probably into the belly of a Canada lynx, or a coyote.) The buck was simply a wild deer, one of several which would walk my my house each morning and evening. The country from my house northward was essentially all wild forest, right up to Olympic National Park.
I'm guessing that such animal pals may be more common than we think.
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 01/08/2007 : 13:08:40 [Permalink]
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An example of how we are genetically hardwired to find certain images adorable. There are also facial expressions which communicate like the one image where the bunny looks so content. Adorable to the max. I've been arguing on JREF forum that it isn't necessarily wrong to interpret that bunny expression as if human attributes applied. We might even have some matching DNA coding that results in the same expressions, (modified by bunny anatomy of course).
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 01/08/2007 : 13:51:27 [Permalink]
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I think that historically, the pendulum of science swung too far in the direction of paranoia about being "anthropomorphic." I think you're onto something, B. Our instincts are animal instincts, too. How many different ways does a frugal Nature need to evolutionarily code "cuteness," once she's found a workable chemistry?
It's a mammal thing; behaviorists wouldn't understand.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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beskeptigal
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Posted - 01/08/2007 : 14:14:17 [Permalink]
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Oooh! I like that, HM. I may use the ideas in the Randi forum thread.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 01/08/2007 : 14:46:25 [Permalink]
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Thank you! Please use it, if it helps. I'm always delighted when I stumble into a clue now and again. A "Drunkard's Walk" may not be an efficient manner of exploring, but it eventually finds places that more thoughtful people would never look into.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 01/08/2007 : 20:04:30 [Permalink]
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Half asked:
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How many different ways does a frugal Nature need to evolutionarily code "cuteness,"
"cuteness" is a function of culture, and is entirely subjective.
Some people probably see those two animals as a 2for1 blue plate special. BANG! Venison steaks tonight and rabbit stew tomorrow!
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 01/09/2007 : 05:28:09 [Permalink]
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No, Dude, cuteness is a function of nature and babies have universally cute features (most of them anyway) in both human and other animal species. I'll find you some of the research.
Other features of attraction may be cultural.
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 01/09/2007 : 13:37:48 [Permalink]
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No, Dude, cuteness is a function of nature and babies have universally cute features (most of them anyway) in both human and other animal species. I'll find you some of the research.
No, "cuteness" is a subjective value judgement.
Humans respond to human faces. We are programmed to recognize human facial features and respond in a nurturing way, especially for infants. Some of that is likely from genetics, but there is also a significant cultural component.
Personally I see those two "cute" animals as dinner.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 01/09/2007 : 17:59:22 [Permalink]
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Dude, shouldn't you look for the research you must know by now I am referring to before such doubt?
Just because you can eat a cute critter doesn't mean you don't see cute features.
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 01/09/2007 : 18:22:43 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dude
Personally I see those two "cute" animals as dinner.
Ok, but could you eat something which you found sexy? That's the question.
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