I’d much rather turn a blind corner and find myself standing right in front of a grizzly mother with her cubs than a hippo or a moose.
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Gullible@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Giant modern herbivores I would willingly pet in the wild. Buffalo: no. Elephant: no. Reindeer: no. Rhino: no. Water buffalo: no. Giraffe: no. Hippo: no.
Based on modern examples, I’d stay the fuck away.
mech@feddit.org 11 months ago
marcos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There’s a band of capibaras living in my city… they already killed 2 people.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
Capybara are dangerous?! Do they kill by biting or what?
marcos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes, they bite.
The local news had to run a campaign for people not to try to pet the capibaras.
communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 11 months ago
I need a source for this desparately
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
How do you feel about manatees?
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
100 pounds? Capybaras aren’t anywhere near the size of my other examples. But I’d stay out of the water with a manatee. I don’t think a manatee would care about my existence, but I’d be fine with petting one while I’m on a boat and it’s in the water.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Giant is a relative term, w/r/t capybara.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Ah, I take your meaning now. It was a little blurred with the manatee. As recompense for my misunderstanding, here’s a giant grain of sand
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Capybaras are awesome!
shalafi@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Petting a manatee is a $10,000 fine. No touch.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yeah that’s the only thing that would keep me from swimming with on. Also that I hate swimming in murky water, reeds, or sea weed.
shalafi@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They’re cool to swim with! Water’s plenty clear where they hang. Ex-gf was a diver and had a side hustle taking people swimming with manatees near the warm springs where they post up for the winter.
They’ll come right up on you! You just can’t touch them. She even got a pic of a newborn! Like, a few minutes old newborn!