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minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·15 days agoAnd yet, when I tell people that I don’t like primates (aside from orangutans), somehow they don’t understand why that might be.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agotarsiers and lemurs, slow lorises too.
minus-squaremrbutterscotch@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoI think it’s because most people don’t like or dislike animals based on how violent they are.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoIt’s not just how violent they are. I dislike them because they generally have similar qualities to humans, including the violence.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoI don’t like chimps, but bonobos and gorillas are also very chill
And yet, when I tell people that I don’t like primates (aside from orangutans), somehow they don’t understand why that might be.
tarsiers and lemurs, slow lorises too.
I think it’s because most people don’t like or dislike animals based on how violent they are.
It’s not just how violent they are. I dislike them because they generally have similar qualities to humans, including the violence.
I don’t like chimps, but bonobos and gorillas are also very chill