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[–] Nounka@lemmy.world 80 points 6 months ago (6 children)

In my opinion... All baby animals are kinda cute. Exept about 50 % off birds. They look like they are part off an unholy experiment.

[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’m think your saying the one on the right is a bird. But then you have to consider the documentary about the one on the left learning to fly. So if I guess both animals are birds.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Elephants are birds and capybaras are fish.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

50 % off birds

Well you can't expect the clearance birds to be as nice as the full price ones!

[–] Nounka@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Lol... You did not read what i meant to write. But realy. Lol

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

All baby birds are grotesque until they grow feathers.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

TBH the feathered fledglings are kind weird in the uncanny valley sense, too.

Like bro thats not what that bird is supposed to look like. It's wrong.

[–] coaxil@lemm.ee 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Baby humans are most certainly not cute... More like a over baked potato

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 6 months ago

half of human babies are just.. fine.. and the other half look like old british men at a pub

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 months ago

Agreed, the first 6 months/one year they can look seriously fucked up.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Some birds come out half-baked. Needed another week in the egg.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

They're so cute until they get off mom's back and become nightmare sand.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Asian elephant calves are #relatable.

[–] RadicalCandour@startrek.website 6 points 6 months ago

Just in time for the release of the new dead in the eyes emoji.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 months ago

The Internet must have broken my brain since the first thing I thought of was wojaks

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 15 points 6 months ago

My niece calls them "skrunkly"

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

TBH I'd still rather have the Asian one if I had to choose. They're slightly more domesticated which implies intelligence and willingness to cooperate with humans. African Elephants will just kill you.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yet I remember reading somewhere african elephants were tamed before their asian counterparts.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I doubt there are many left today. Most of the taming, both African and Asian, in modern history and even historically before that has been done in India and Indonesia, pretty far from the Savannah. In fact, the taming of African elephants for clearing timber in the Belgian Congo was done by employed Mahouts, if I'm not mistaken. No idea who the mastermind behind circus elephants was, but I think the last 3 in all of Europe died a couple of years ago. One famous African Circus Elephant was Jumbo, which just adds to the notion that it was rare.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can't remember where I read it but it was a good coverage on the historical use of elephants in Africa in pre-colonial, as in during the great african kingdoms. And lets not forget war elephants, in Roman times, were from Africa.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'll be sure to source my next elephant from Rome. /sarcasm

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There is no need for sarcasm.

We tend to forget Africa had great kingdoms, with advanced civilization standards, before colonial times. Those kingdoms ruled the largest continent on the planet for centuries and elephants were animals used for both work and war.

Hanibal took elephants across the Alpes (most died) in order to invade Italy. I seriously doubt the general ordered his elephants from India.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The conversation was about picking an elephant today. In 2024.

Africa had some amazing kingdoms. Some exaggerated stories claim they had palaces with roads encrusted with precious gemstones, but the truth is that the reality of their civilizations were impressive even without embellishment. That's not what our conversation is about, though.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

I would still pick the African ones, nonetheless.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe asians still have a bit of mammoth dna

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'd be surprised if any humans have that.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Consideringthe subject of the thread is elephants, i would agree

[–] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Aah, the ol' reddit switche.... Wait, never mind...

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

I’ll take your entire stock!

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Babar!

Gollum.

[–] Roldyclark@literature.cafe 4 points 6 months ago
[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago
[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 2 points 6 months ago

ocean dolphins vs river dolphins