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[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It's weird because the people who make these kinds of jokes are effectively saying they think animal abuse and slaughter is funny. Thank you for letting everyone else know you are not a safe person to be around.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 minutes ago

can't spell slaughter without laughter

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Man, I hate white tailed deer. People think they're precious until they run straight into your car thinking they can just pass through it.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Or until you're explained just how much damage they're doing to forest ecosystems by overbreeding and destroying native plant life. They're becoming a locust-level issue.

Oh aye, I know of that, but the average USA citizen doesn't care about the environment worth a damn to do anything about it. So it's easier to tell them you'll likely wreck into a deer more often because of their over population and utter stupidity.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Overbreeding. They're doing what they do, what they're supposed to do. It's not their fault all their predators and 9/10ths of their ecosystem have been removed.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's not really about fault at this point, it's about solving the issue and bringing the ecosystem back into equilibrium. Like any pest, it's natural to put ire towards the group of organisms actively causing something to deteriorate, and thus sympathy goes away. This makes eliminating them much much easier for locals.

[–] texture@lemmy.world -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

God, what a load of shit this argument is. Animals have been seen killing for fun and sport as well as vengeance at times. All animals without their regulatory controls of predators will absolutely wreck their ecology. We don't breed incredibly fast. Without our modern society and tools we'd be lower on the chain as well. If another species achieved sapience like us they'd do the same thing too. The only complaint you can make is the number of people who seem complacent in just fucking things up as opposed to being better. Hardly makes us a pest.

[–] texture@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

i didnt present an argument at all. i just made a general claim.

im not arguing about this with you.

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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

Release the wolves! Chuck Fenrir or Garmr if you have to, fuck them deer.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Or jump across the trail your riding and almost give you a heart attack.

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[–] Nautalax@lemmy.world 22 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

They are extremely overpopulated in much of the US, in part because most of the natural predators capable of keeping their numbers down have been killed off and there has been a huge artificial increase in field/forest interfaces where they thrive. Huge amounts of starving deer abound and descend on diminishing native vegetation with a voracious appetite while generally ignoring weird invasive foreign plants. Many native plant gardeners are vexed by their tendency to gnaw native plants, trees and shrubs to death unless those are caged in and some got a taste for venison out of revenge haha.

Would be cool if we could re-introduce red wolves and the like to keep a lid on the deer without like half of the predators ending up shot or run over

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

Same thing with kangaroos in Australia, though even I still find it a little too weird given they're a national symbol and all.

The alternative is that they overpopulate, overgraze and proceed to starve to death. Which is no good for anyone.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Panthers have ventured up into Arizona and New Mexico not too long ago. Panthers could take out a few deer. And some hikers.

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[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Fry up a steak with butter, salt and pepper. Jerky is also pretty good, and if you have it ground it makes a solid chili.

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

butter, salt and pepper

The only Holy Trinity I'll ever recognize.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (30 children)

Deer ARE beautiful creatures, but as a person who lives in the north I can absolutely confirm they are some of the dumbest fucking animals on the planet. They have exactly 1 reaction to any stimuli. Flight. Run like hell or ??die?? In my area they panic, run straight at headlights and cars screaming past.
Really THINK about that. A robin, a crow, or an ant has more thinking power in an pea-sized sized brain.
They're not going to be splitting the atom any time soon. Don't feel bad for them, just admire the one standing out in the field for its beauty and watch the F out on a country road.

Venison is delicious. Sorry not sorry. If they weren't hunted we'd be drowning in them.

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[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Same as eating any other meat, with barely masked hypocrisy

[–] jellygoose@lemmy.ca 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It is probably more honest. You have to hunt, clean and prepare the animal. It’s not in an abstract form in a styrofoam container.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

Plus a bullet is better then being eaten butthole first by a bear.

[–] hedge_lord@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Deer eats my tomatoes. My tomatoes are now part of deer. I eat deer, thereby reclaiming my tomatoes. Honour restored.

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