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Weeping whales: Stillborn humpback whale grieving documented

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  1. georgemcbay · · focus · HN ↗
    Blows my mind that so many people just have this hardened internalized idea that we're somehow significantly different than any other animal.

    Sure, we've got them beat on language and planning, but we're currently in the process of being passed up on both those fronts by multi-dimensional arrays of floating point numbers sitting inside of sand. So, like, how special is that then, really?

    1. krupan · · focus · HN ↗
      There is no survival for us without hurting some other living organism. Even a purely vegan diet (which does not provide the complete nutrition we need) hurts plants and other critters that also want to eat those same plants or use them for shelter or whatever. So, I agree that we probably shouldn't feel too superior or different from other living things, but we also don't need to beat ourselves up for hurting other living things. We can't eat rocks.
      1. SomaticPirate · · focus · HN ↗
        Source? It’s very possible today to adopt a plant-based diet and its typically superior in its health benefits to most other diets (especially the standard Western diet). <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.health.harvard.edu&#x2F;healthbeat&#x2F;planning-a-plant-based-diet" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.health.harvard.edu&#x2F;healthbeat&#x2F;planning-a-plant-b...

        Also knowing that nothing on my plate was tortured for its entire existence on a factory farm is important to me. I still eat meat but it’s either meat I harvested personally or from a local farm where I can verify the living standards. As a consequence I eat significantly less meat. It’s entirely possible to opt out of the industrial factory farming method that abuses animals the entire time

        1. onraglanroad · · focus · HN ↗
          You want a source for the fact that a plant based diet requires killing plants?

          Or you just didn&#x27;t read the comment you replied to and made an assumption?

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