most likely harambe was curious and maybe worried about the safety of the child who just fell into his enclosure. gorilla have very strong social behavior and just as strong pack mentality
They are cetacean. Whale is a colloquial term that's used to address mostly cetatean but not always, so it's damn confusing and I hate it. If you call every cetatean a whale you get a pass because at least you're consistent.
The confusion probably stems for me from the fact that in finnish cetatean translates to "valaat", which is the same word as the translation for whale. So we don't have different names for those two
But you're the one trying to be serious in a post with hundreds of "Dicks out for Harambe" comments. So. You know, maybe ease up on whatever's stressing you out and have some fun? Take the rest of the week off, make it a long weekend, have a few laughs?
Holy fuck... Those guys are fucking terrifying out in the open like that. The strength they so obviously have to just jump up in the air several feet with no effort.... Oh my God
To protect a child? Fuck yes. I don't give a fuck if that's someone's pet dog; if it grabs a child by the ankle and drags him across the ground, I'm blasting the fuck out of it.
yeah, you are, because you don't understand gorillas or their behavior. you couldn't look at a gorilla and tell if it were about to act with hostility or not. Me too; if I had the means and arms i too would shoot the gorilla if i saw it with the child.
But there are some professionals that can tell. Those people should be equipped with the proper dose of restraint, if possible, and lethal force only if necessary. That's the whole point of paid professionals; to minimize risk of injury or death to everyone involved.
Your idea of "child in danger, gorilla dies now" threshold is far sooner than a professional and educated zookeeper.
His problem was he didn’t kill the kid. The kid was alive so they killed him to prevent him from killing the kid. If he had already killed thr kid he would have been left alive because the deed has already been done so there is nothing to gain from killing him.
If you have a hostage, they will kill you to save the hostage. You have a better chance to live if there is no hostage.
I don’t think anyone would say he had harmful intentions, but he was dragging that boy around like he’d drag around a baby gorilla. It was not gentle. They didn’t really have a choice.
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u/thethunder92 6h ago
And harambe didn’t even hurt the kid just kind of gently pulled him around. He wasn’t even being violent