Animals can sometimes be seen as “mean” because they engage in aggressive behaviors, like orcas knowingly harming other species during complex hunts, or chimpanzees waging violent group conflicts that resemble warfare. These actions can feel cruel or hostile and suggest a form of intentional harm. However, from another perspective, these behaviors often have survival or social functions such as securing food or defending territory that are vital for the species’ existence rather than expressions of malice.
5 days ago | 5
There’s been studies of animals being cruel and mean for no reason. Chimpanzees,dolphins,orcas are prime examples and they aren’t the only ones.
5 days ago | 14
I used to have a dog and a Jeep Wrangler. My Dog, Hazel, would ride in the back, standing on the wheel well and hang her head outside and looked forward when I drove. Whenever she would see that we were approaching a bicyclist riding on the side of the road, she would start to whine and wag her tail and get excited. When we actually passed the bicyclist, she would wait until we were right next to them and would start to bark extremely loud and aggressively. Most people ran off the road or fell down from the shock. Basic dog stuff, except 2 things. 1- I honestly never trained her to do this 2- I swear to God, whenever it was all over she would be smiling and wagging her tail, and if dogs could chuckle, that’s what she was doing!!! True story.
4 days ago | 3
Humans are obviously animals, but even if we exclude humans or Homo sapiens, the examples of “mean” animals doing something just to cause suffering or pain are countless.
30 minutes ago | 1
Unless you can actually talk to them you're going to miss understand them! You've literally just been lucky 😂
3 days ago | 0
I live in an apartment and had a dog who would ALWAYS bark to let me know he needed to pee or poop. Extremely well behaved in that regard. One night, I had a girl over and apparently he did not like her presence; the next morning, when she gave him a dog treat, he "spit it out" (or rather, took it and dropped it on the floor, which I had NEVER seen him do), turned his back on her, and immediately started peeing. He was PISSED.
3 days ago (edited) | 0
You ever see a kid throw something at a bird or bunny?……… animals have that same inclination
4 days ago | 0
Anyone who votes for anything other than the first option has let their heart grow too large that it’s blinding their better judgement. It’s 100% possible for animals, and hell, even children to be mean. If you have any inkling that what you’re doing to another creature is brutal beyond what is necessary to secure the kill in regards to survival, that is cruelty, that is being ‘mean’.
19 hours ago | 1
animals aren’t cruel for no reason. The only reason people think that is because animals don’t react off of feelings humans do animals react off of instincts.
4 days ago | 0
Definitely depends on the species wolves aren’t needlessly aggressive and run mostly on instinct where as dolphins are almost as smart as we are and can be mean to othe creatures
4 days ago | 1
Considering dolphins kill sharks for their liver and use puffer fish poison as drugs there basically the mafia of the sea......
3 days ago | 0
Morals don't apply to animals so what's it matter? Morals are a societal construct for social behavior
5 days ago | 4
Naa they just need to eat what they can with what they have to get it and what they need. Lets not get all dysney about it.
4 days ago (edited) | 0
lol watch Chimp empire and tell me animals can’t be mean!!! They can be ruthless and it’s with intent and planning.
4 days ago | 0
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Can animals be "mean" or are they just misunderstood?
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