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Liesthroughisteeth t1_iydh03w wrote

Most of these shows also help spread myths about the danger of sharks, making them out to be much more dangerous than statistics show. In effect these junk shows help demonize an animal where things like catching them and killing them for entertainment and killing them just for their fins has become acceptable.

People are the real danger and the blight on this planet....not the animals.

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CorporateSympathizer t1_iydrl99 wrote

>People are the real danger and the blight on this planet....not the animals.

Assigning traits of "innocence" to animals is also flawed though.

Animals can and will exploit their surroundings to the point of exhaustion when given the chance - for example when they're introduced to an environment that hasn't adapted to accomodate them.

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gleaming-the-cubicle t1_iyds1w9 wrote

But animals don't actually have the ability to say "wow, we're eating too many of our prey, we better conserve some so they can repopulate"

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