Asian elephant calves are #relatable.
Baby elephants
Submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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samus12345@lemmy.world 5 months ago
RadicalCandour@startrek.website 5 months ago
Just in time for the release of the new dead in the eyes emoji.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
The Internet must have broken my brain since the first thing I thought of was wojaks
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 5 months ago
TBH I’d still rather have the Asian one if I had to choose. They’re slightly more domesticated which implies intelligence and willingness to cooperate with humans. African Elephants will just kill you.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Yet I remember reading somewhere african elephants were tamed before their asian counterparts.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 5 months ago
I doubt there are many left today. Most of the taming, both African and Asian, in modern history and even historically before that has been done in India and Indonesia, pretty far from the Savannah. In fact, the taming of African elephants for clearing timber in the Belgian Congo was done by employed Mahouts, if I’m not mistaken. No idea who the mastermind behind circus elephants was, but I think the last 3 in all of Europe died a couple of years ago. One famous African Circus Elephant was Jumbo, which just adds to the notion that it was rare.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
My niece calls them “skrunkly”
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Maybe asians still have a bit of mammoth dna
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’d be surprised if any humans have that.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Consideringthe subject of the thread is elephants, i would agree
Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Aah, the ol’ reddit switche… Wait, never mind…
ekZepp@lemmy.world 5 months ago
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’ll take your entire stock!
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Babar!
Gollum.
Roldyclark@literature.cafe 5 months ago
Yee
perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Babar!
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 5 months ago
ocean dolphins vs river dolphins
Nounka@lemmy.world 5 months ago
In my opinion… All baby animals are kinda cute. Exept about 50 % off birds. They look like they are part off an unholy experiment.
Jarvis2323@programming.dev 5 months ago
I’m think your saying the one on the right is a bird. But then you have to consider the documentary about the one on the left learning to fly. So if I guess both animals are birds.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Elephants are birds and capybaras are fish.
tektite@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
Well you can’t expect the clearance birds to be as nice as the full price ones!
Nounka@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Lol… You did not read what i meant to write. But realy. Lol
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 months ago
All baby birds are grotesque until they grow feathers.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 5 months ago
TBH the feathered fledglings are kind weird in the uncanny valley sense, too.
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coaxil@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Baby humans are most certainly not cute… More like a over baked potato
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
half of human babies are just… fine… and the other half look like old british men at a pub
Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Agreed, the first 6 months/one year they can look seriously fucked up.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Some birds come out half-baked. Needed another week in the egg.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Baby spiders?
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They’re so cute until they get off mom’s back and become nightmare sand.