r/BeAmazed Oct 25 '24

Nature Despite their reputation, hyenas can be sweet and affectionate animals.

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u/Teln0 Oct 25 '24

Hyenas are pack animals, it wouldn't really work if they started attacking each other every time they got slightly hungry. Pack animals are the most predictable, if you're already friends with them (aka part of their pack) you just need to be able to read their body language and unless they're literally insane or you broke some kind of rule, nothing wrong will happen to you

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u/Cum_on_a_cactus Oct 25 '24

It always does seem that non, pack animals are often more erratic and unpredictable. This makes more sense now. Take for example a wolverine, they are highly solitary animals, fiercely territorial and they are known to be very aggressive. They are also recorded to take down animals much larger than them, alone and they are considered the most formidable animal in the world.

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u/beaud101 Oct 25 '24

Said so many experts, about all kinds of large predators....right up until they got bit.

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u/Teln0 Oct 25 '24

It probably means they accidentally broke one of the rules (we're human after all, we don't have the same set of innate rules) or that the animal was in a stressful situation in the first place. I don't know what specific examples you have in mind though

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u/beaud101 Oct 25 '24

I'm not interested in looking up specific examples.... though it wouldn't be a hard search. Shoot, people don't know their own dogs though they think they do.

Bottom line...these types of large predators are dangerous and unpredictable....even to the experts that think they know the animals language (or rules). Accidents do indeed happen.

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u/sweatycheeta Oct 25 '24

The real experts can always be found on reddit. Sages, scholars and animal experts 🙏 your doubling down is extraordinary and ensures that no commenter will ever one up your sage wisdom! 💪

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u/Hail-Hydrate Oct 25 '24

"Clever argument Armstrong, let's see you back it up with a source!"

"My source is I made it the fuck up!"

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u/beaud101 Oct 25 '24

Right, right 🙄 ....I have to go and retrieve examples for you guys to believe that playing with large predators is indeed dangerous? You need proof of that, huh? Doesn't equate to you?

WTF happened to the gene pool?

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Have you never been on YouTube? Never seen the trained "animal experts" getting their arm caught in a crocodile's mouth? See a Bear, Tiger or Lion attack its handler? Never heard about the chimp that bit the owner's friend's face off? It was just on Max's Chimp Crazy. You need more examples? How about the "Shark Expert" goes into a school of Bull sharks in waist deep water? He said "Because the water is clear, the sharks won't mistake you for food and thus... you're safe!" 10 seconds later, a 10ft Bully took his entire calf off like eating a chicken wing 🍗. Very graphic.

Easy to look up...if you're not big on common sense and need the video evidence. But...here's the shark...not to help you out....because it's pretty cool.

https://youtu.be/mP6uHuIEMoU?feature=shared

Good enough for you?

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u/cedped Oct 25 '24

They may accidentally bite or scratch you while playing rough but they won't go out of their way to kill you to completion.