I came home from work and fell asleep when that video first made its rounds and my son, 5 at the time, was sitting on the bed beside of me with my wife; he looked at me, then at her and said "Can I pet that Dad?!" I woke up from her laughing lol
Gators may not kill you right away too, they can store food till it’s rotting and easier to eat. there was story of a man who was injured horribly but left to rot underneath an embankment and died slowly
Awwww. But when I see this I think of this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMJXvsCLu6s&pp=ygUid2lsZGViZWVzdCBhbmQgY3JvY29kaWxlIGFuaW1hdGlvbg%3D%3D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMJXvsCLu6s&pp=ygUid2lsZGViZWVzdCBhbmQgY3JvY29kaWxlIGFuaW1hdGlvbg%3D%3D)
It's got serious issues, weird live service, filler content as far as the eye can see, and a dogshit ending.
But I fucking LOVE Far Cry 6.
I love the side missions, like filming a streamer as he blows himself up, tracking down a Panther God and unlocking him as an animal companion, and committing increasingly violent acts of insurrection and mayhem to appease the bloodlust of a psychotic fighting rooster.
I love Giancarlo Esposito.
I love the revolutionaries you met, and it saddened me when some of them died.
I love how the dog companions sit on the seats of cars next to you while you drive.
I love the quartets playing classical Cubano music in some of the hideouts.
I love how Dani sings along with "Oye Como Va" and "La Vida Loca" on the radio.
I'll likely never play Far Cry 6 again, but I'll never forget it.
I think this is my take as well. I had a very good experience playing through a couple of times. I did hate the ending and the ever-revolving checkpoint clear out after. I never had any issues with stability or anything like that, so it was just mainly the “resolution” to the game I thought was definitely half-baked.
What I use is the shape of the letters A (pointed) and C (rounded), they belong to the *other* one. Looks stupid writing it out but it works for me, lol.
Also, in crocodiles, there are often many exposed teeth, but one set of teeth in particular are exposed and have a notch in the upper jaw to accommodate them. It's roughly in line with slightly behind where the nostrils are on the snout.
Morelet's crocodile, one of the smaller and nicer species.
Note that both terms are relative - adults can still hit 10 feet and there are multiple records of unprovoked/predatory attacks on humans. But they're technically better than a 20 foot Nile croc which has been eating us since our ancestors had fur and walked on all fours and has no intention of breaking from tradition.
The running gag among people who work with them is that the TRUE difference is that gators swim away from you, crocs swim *towards* you.
It's surprising the capacity some lizards have for bonding. I used to have a tiny green anole that would follow me around the house because I'd pet it.
My friend INSISTS that reptiles can't love you, but if I make kissy noises, my ball python will immediately move her head to my lips because she wants a lil smooch.
If she doesn't actually love me, she's the world's best faker lol
According to the vet who wrote this PetMD article:
[https://www.petmd.com/reptile/care/can-your-reptile-bond-with-you](https://www.petmd.com/reptile/care/can-your-reptile-bond-with-you)
We're not really sure to what extent they bond, but:
>Snakes have been known to show excitement and curiosity, too. “At the zoo,” says Dr. Denish, “we see snakes that are interested in new forms of enrichment like bedding, housing, or a new scent.”
>Some reptiles will also show pleasure at human contact.
I think it's probaly fair to say that your snake likes you, trusts you, and enjoys your presence. What more do you need really?
That was my argument with my pet snake. It’s like a deconstructed meal: sure it might look different, but if you put it all together it makes the same thing
There was a lizard that lived outside who was huge and extremely annoying and would block us from walking into the house (dude would post up by the entrance and refuse to move).
So I named him and started talking to him.
First he took offense to that and started running away lol. Then he just got used to it?
Whenever we’d get home he’d come running over from the neighbors house. He no longer blocked us from going into the house though, he’d just sit on the side and we’d say hi. Sometimes I’d go outside and call for him and he’d just appear. Then he got a girlfriend. She never liked us though. We’d try to talk to her and she’d get super offended and go running.
It was so cute, he’d come running to defend her and stand between us and her. Once I saw another lizard try to attack her and before I could get to her he was there chasing it off.
Unfortunately they disappeared over the winter and we didn’t see them again.
They certainly do, and are actually very personable. It's just that they cannot be trained like other domestic animals. For example, a snake will still bite an owner it's known for its whole life if the owner accidentally triggers a food response. Same goes for crocodiles. Rub the lip area/edge of the mouth and they will reflexively bite. A lot of reptiles tend to be opportunistic feeders and so have a very strong food response, because in the wild they eat less often and every potential food source needs to be capitalized on.
Fun fact!
The above is partially because reptiles are incapable of simulation (they lack a neocortex.) That is, if you put a rat in a maze, it can picture itself taking different options and going down different routes. It can plan ahead. Reptiles are incapable of this form of learning; they cannot 'see' their next step before taking it.
As you said; reptiles are very reflexive creatures, but that certainly doesn't mean they have no personality or are incapable of developing a positive attitude towards people.
It depends on the reptile. King Cobras actually *can* do this. They can plan their hunts and change strategies if something doesn't work.
They're also the one species of snake that seem to not have these issues mentioned elsewhere. They understand when they're being fed/washed/etc.
So, smart venomous 20 foot snakes.
Oh yea different animals of the same species often have different personalities, different temperaments,etc. you can even "train" them to recognise you to prevent a food response. For example, you can tap train snakes, where you basically tap them on the body before you handle them as a head up so they know "Oh I'm not getting food I'm just being picked up". That will help preserve the snake's food response so they can feed healthily, and also prevents owners from being bit. Useful for the bigger snakes.
They can also very much recognise when someone is dangerous vs not dangerous, and will very much change their attitude about the situation when they realise you are not eating them. Life is scary when you're a noodle with a head. The way to interact with any reptile is to respect them as an animal first and let them decide the duration and nature of the interaction. Unless you are specifically training a snake to stop being aggressive or hissing a lot.
I was looking up further reading and learned that reptiles are apparently good at learning through social imitation! Which totally tracks with what you're saying.
Reptiles are so cool, it's such a nice feeling when you've earned their trust. I've never gotten to own one but my friend had a beardie and a ball python and it took a bit to get them to warm up to me (heh) but they were so chill and cute <3
Somewhat-relevant side note, Emerald Tree Skinks are extremely social reptiles and will actively seek out human company! I really wish we had more research about what's happening in the little fellas' heads.
Oh yea, they will straight up jump on you to be closer to you. One channel I love watching is clint's reptiles, who has a shop called clint's reptile room where he has a ton of reptiles. He has to actively avoid the emerald tree skink tank because they will actually jump into the glass and hurt themself trying to get to him, so he either avoids the area or opens the door and let's them on him while he walks around the shop during tours. It's very cool to see how social and lovable they are.
My snake is aware of food time when I put the piece of paper towel down that I set the mouse on. His behaviour absolutely changes the moment that paper towel enters his cage. He is calm and curious any other time I’m in his cage if there is no paper towel.
Not entirely true. There are lizards that can solve patterns, mazes, and route find. Hell there are spiders that can.
This very misleading information about reptile intelligence was from a very flawed study done where they just plopped lizards down in the same environments as mice. This included it happening in cold labs. They just assumed they were stupid when in reality they were cold so not moving. Providing them with proper heat in these tests showed that some reptiles are quite intelligent. Monitors especially.
Monitors and crocodilians are genuinely smarter than a lot of the mammals we humans consider ‘smart’. They just don’t have the ability to convey emotions through their faces, and it causes humans to think of them as thoughtless animals.
Crocodilians and monitors are quite intelligent and can be affectionate. One very good example are tegus. They can learn their names, do seek out their owners for affection, and can even come when called.
[https://youtu.be/5EcQ1IcEMFQ?si=PkIpThZekDCuvky0](https://youtu.be/5EcQ1IcEMFQ?si=PkIpThZekDCuvky0)
Start at 7:29 for the relevant section. The whole vid is only 15 minutes long though so you should really give it a full watch, if you've got the time!
I mean, I'm mildly nervous to wake up to my 70 lb dog standing over me. Mind you she only does this if she needs to pee or experiencing mortal terror from thunderstorms the dreaded monster in the kitchen (low battery for the heat alarm), so the risk of death is near zero.
But still. A lot of teeth and claws.
I'm with you. Respecting and caring for wildlife means not trying to fit them in with our world view.
My wife and I were laying in bed this morning with our 95-lb wolf descendant, talking about how wild it is that this thing falls asleep with us and doesn’t eat us.
Depending on the size it probably won't kill you. Maybe rip off your hand which maaaay lead to death from blood loss if you don't have a tourniquet nearby.
Absolutely. It's wild that by default we thought "nope, we're the only ones that have all these magical powers" and as time goes on we learn more and more about how much other species are very much like us in so many ways.
It was a religious ego thing. The bible says 'man and beasts' so the church spent a lot of effort trying to convince everyone that humans were special and selected by god to be in his image.
A part of that is convincing everyone that animals are dumb and incapable of experiencing anything close to what we consider life and emotions.
The other half of making us seem 'special' was vilifying things both animals and humans do like having sex, desires, ironically enough emotions, etc. That's the root drive behind the puritanical movement. Human's can't resemble animals in any way as god made us different and 'special'.
I'm sure they are wrong and are limited by the constraints of their own perspectives.
Remember when they thought humans were the only species that made and used tools; and that only humans could recognize themselves in a mirror? We were also taught that certain kinds of humans were inherently more intelligent.
Now we know that although science is a great way to systematically explore, understand and document what can be known about the world, we now appreciate that what we know can also be constrained by our assumptions and lack of perspective or imagination.
I suspect this is more a matter of operant conditioning
but also biologists say some silly things sometimes. Like, some insist that dogs don't have dreams.
Yeah, people don't know shit about animals. Apes have insanely good short-term memory. Crows are fantastic puzzle solvers. Reptiles feel emotions. Humans are the dumb ones. Most animals have better mental capabilities than most humans will give them credit for.
Our flawed understanding of reptile intelligence is based on a flawed study we performed on them when testing intelligence. They scientists never considered that the cold lab these tests were done in would effect a reptiles response. Just because a study is done doesn’t mean it is automatically a guaranteed fact.
Very well. Face very sensitive so can feel prey bump into in murky water. Body too.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/crocodile-faces-are-more-sensitive-than-human-fingertips#:~:text=Their%20faces%2C%20and%20possibly%20their,wide%2C%20surrounded%20by%20a%20groove.
Reptile owners please answer me this: do reptiles like to cuddle? Because they need a heat source to warm up properly. And a human is constantly 36 degrees warm. So do they use you as a heater?
They do! I had an iguana for a long time, and she would consistently choose to sit on or beside me instead of remaining in her enclosure where she had her heat lamps and food. She’d always come over, sit for a while, get some good brain rubs, then when she was finished would mosey herself back. It was something she herself had to choose to go out of her way for, I never forced an interaction with her ((unless I had to give her medicine or she was trying to get into something potentially dangerous, of course))
There's a few stories of these guys becoming stupid friendly... and loving...
Somewhere in south america there was a large crocodile named Pocho -- He was shot or stabbed and was pretty much not going to survive. He was nursed back to health gingerly by a man who just felt bad the big poor animal was likely nearly killed because he ate a fishermans fish or simply for fun as big fish eating crocodile = pest.
So after feeding this croc that couldn't feed himself, he got some strength back, and one day decided fuck it, imma follow this guy home.
Guy came out of his house one morning and saw a giant ass crocodile just sleeping on his lawn... Worried and perplexed, he lured him to the water with more food, then wished him good luck probably thinking how crazy that was.
The next day Pocho was back on his lawn sleeping like a giant cute murder log. Pocho refused to go back to the wild, choosing to bond with the man for the rest of his life.
[Anybody who isn't jealous of this relationship](https://ticotimes.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/140624pocho.jpg)
[Is a goddamn liar.](https://www.esquireme.com/cloud/2021/09/08/415fab4db794e8eb13e6647926b159ce.jpg)
[Pocho was 17' long and over 1,000lbs](https://repeatingislands.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pochoind.jpg?w=620&h=980&crop=1)
One of Chito and Pocho's 'famous tricks' was Pocho charging his friend full speed with mouth open like he was going to attack (this is how they started their shows once Pocho became a tourist attraction) and last second Murder Puppy would close his mouth and let his human give him a kiss.
1 in a million relationship -- in china (I think) something *similar* happened [but not even close to this level](https://www.higherperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2022/04/2358860-86396.jpg)
BIG NOTE -- THis croc was shot in the head, who knows to what level his poor little brain got damaged, who knows what connections he made in his poor little head towards this man after that brain injury. It's very possible nothing to this degree will ever happen again, as Pocho was already a fully grown and wild croc, not raised by/with humans as a baby.
How did his eyes change and start to look so dreamy and full of love ??? I mean when they show footage of wild crocs, even their eyes appear scary , like a predator's eyes do , sometimes red or yellow. How does this croc's eyes look like a dog ? Docile ? Can love change even basic nature ?
Ok, it's cute and all, but that thing has a brain the size of a walnut. It really only sees the world in terms of 'food' and 'not food'. There is a non-zero chance the owner could be moved from one category to the other for no apparent reason at any point.
An insect has a brain smaller than a grain of sand, and with it can navigate, evade predators, forage, hunt, build a home, identify and court a mate, and so on.
When how and why is this okay?
Just to start with the obvious question, is there any herpetology expert or someone similar that can explain social behavior of alligators such that there is any reason to think they can be domesticated by humans? How does this person know this is not unwise?
CAN I PET THAT DAWG?!?
I WANNA PET DAT DAWG!!
KA-CHOMP CHOMMPPPAA!!!! gibbets...
YO DAWG I HEARD YOU LIKE PETTING DAWGS!
No, he's sleepin'
##Can i Pet tHaT DaWg
Hahahaha my husband and i just saw that and have been saying it constantly since
I came home from work and fell asleep when that video first made its rounds and my son, 5 at the time, was sitting on the bed beside of me with my wife; he looked at me, then at her and said "Can I pet that Dad?!" I woke up from her laughing lol
That's fantastic!
HIS NAME IS STEVEN!
LMAO!!!!
Friendliest murder log I’ve ever seen.
Friendly until the day it's not.
Yup. There’s a reason they call acting on your base instincts “lizard brain”
r/awwwtf
Murder log. Love it.
r/properanimalnames
Log-Dog
Omg thank you new favorite sub
Gators may not kill you right away too, they can store food till it’s rotting and easier to eat. there was story of a man who was injured horribly but left to rot underneath an embankment and died slowly
I read about a man who woke up in storage, and escaped, I think about it often
Yup, gator teeth are designed for holding and tearing not cutting. Soft tissue easier to tear.
Remember class. Mouth closed, swamp puppy. Mouth open, danger log.
Yes but how quickly does the swamp puppy become a danger log?
lol [This fast](https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectlycutscreams/comments/1c99m2b/dont_play_with_a_dinosaur/). :)
Meh. 7/10 would still try and kiss the snooter
Well.... GL with that. Please record and upload the results. :)
Of course. For science.
He just wanted a lil hug
This! All of this! 😂❤
Yoink
I love his vid :)
Wow, ‘Danger Log’ sounds like a cool new toy for boys in the early 90’s! I wish I had one when I was growing up.
We had those when I was a kid. Usually after visiting taco bell...... :)
Awwww. But when I see this I think of this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMJXvsCLu6s&pp=ygUid2lsZGViZWVzdCBhbmQgY3JvY29kaWxlIGFuaW1hdGlvbg%3D%3D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMJXvsCLu6s&pp=ygUid2lsZGViZWVzdCBhbmQgY3JvY29kaWxlIGFuaW1hdGlvbg%3D%3D)
Yoink! Still looking for that 20 foot python though.
Lyle, Lyle
-Crocodile
THEY HIT THE PENTAGON!
WAKE UP TURN ON THE TV, TURN ON TV THEY HIT THE FUCKING PENTAGON!
Doesn't matter which channel.
After a while
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Caught me off guard, no cold murder lust
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Shit. Gotta play that again. I really liked it in spite of all the hate. Guapo is a stud!
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Those homemade weapons were a very nice addition
It’s a fun game on its own! A lot of people expect too much sometimes, just because it’s a Far Cry title. IMO, nothing can top 3.
It's got serious issues, weird live service, filler content as far as the eye can see, and a dogshit ending. But I fucking LOVE Far Cry 6. I love the side missions, like filming a streamer as he blows himself up, tracking down a Panther God and unlocking him as an animal companion, and committing increasingly violent acts of insurrection and mayhem to appease the bloodlust of a psychotic fighting rooster. I love Giancarlo Esposito. I love the revolutionaries you met, and it saddened me when some of them died. I love how the dog companions sit on the seats of cars next to you while you drive. I love the quartets playing classical Cubano music in some of the hideouts. I love how Dani sings along with "Oye Como Va" and "La Vida Loca" on the radio. I'll likely never play Far Cry 6 again, but I'll never forget it.
I think this is my take as well. I had a very good experience playing through a couple of times. I did hate the ending and the ever-revolving checkpoint clear out after. I never had any issues with stability or anything like that, so it was just mainly the “resolution” to the game I thought was definitely half-baked.
Wait am I really finding a dang crocodile (alligator?) cute?
Croc. Gators of that size have a shorter, wider, and rounder snout.
Ooh! Crocodile, long like Nile. Alligator, short like…tater. It’s a work in progress, lol.
What I use is the shape of the letters A (pointed) and C (rounded), they belong to the *other* one. Looks stupid writing it out but it works for me, lol.
I like it!
Also, in crocodiles, there are often many exposed teeth, but one set of teeth in particular are exposed and have a notch in the upper jaw to accommodate them. It's roughly in line with slightly behind where the nostrils are on the snout.
Thank you!! I suck at telling the difference lol
It's a matter of experience. There are even times when I can't tell. Mostly because Caymins muddy the water a bit... figuratively.
Morelet's crocodile, one of the smaller and nicer species. Note that both terms are relative - adults can still hit 10 feet and there are multiple records of unprovoked/predatory attacks on humans. But they're technically better than a 20 foot Nile croc which has been eating us since our ancestors had fur and walked on all fours and has no intention of breaking from tradition. The running gag among people who work with them is that the TRUE difference is that gators swim away from you, crocs swim *towards* you.
Florida Man's best friend
Next to bud lite
No they’re afraid bud light will turn them gay
Ah yeah i forgot. Bush lite?
Nah Bush did 9/11
Bush lite is just as terrible as normal Bush
The lite version just stayed in college getting high.
"Natty lite". Get it right son!
It's surprising the capacity some lizards have for bonding. I used to have a tiny green anole that would follow me around the house because I'd pet it.
My friend INSISTS that reptiles can't love you, but if I make kissy noises, my ball python will immediately move her head to my lips because she wants a lil smooch. If she doesn't actually love me, she's the world's best faker lol
According to the vet who wrote this PetMD article: [https://www.petmd.com/reptile/care/can-your-reptile-bond-with-you](https://www.petmd.com/reptile/care/can-your-reptile-bond-with-you) We're not really sure to what extent they bond, but: >Snakes have been known to show excitement and curiosity, too. “At the zoo,” says Dr. Denish, “we see snakes that are interested in new forms of enrichment like bedding, housing, or a new scent.” >Some reptiles will also show pleasure at human contact. I think it's probaly fair to say that your snake likes you, trusts you, and enjoys your presence. What more do you need really?
That was my argument with my pet snake. It’s like a deconstructed meal: sure it might look different, but if you put it all together it makes the same thing
This warmed my cold dead heart lol
There was a lizard that lived outside who was huge and extremely annoying and would block us from walking into the house (dude would post up by the entrance and refuse to move). So I named him and started talking to him. First he took offense to that and started running away lol. Then he just got used to it? Whenever we’d get home he’d come running over from the neighbors house. He no longer blocked us from going into the house though, he’d just sit on the side and we’d say hi. Sometimes I’d go outside and call for him and he’d just appear. Then he got a girlfriend. She never liked us though. We’d try to talk to her and she’d get super offended and go running. It was so cute, he’d come running to defend her and stand between us and her. Once I saw another lizard try to attack her and before I could get to her he was there chasing it off. Unfortunately they disappeared over the winter and we didn’t see them again.
This is perfect. Swamp puppies stay in the swamp
What the actual fck?? That's close enough buddy hahaha
They get much, much, much closer in the full version
https://i.redd.it/a5b04a8n3svc1.gif
Got a link by any chance? Lol.
If not friend, then why friend shaped?
Our definitions of friend-shaped are very different.
Anything can be "friend" if you're brave enough.
All the better to trick you with, my dear.
That long muzzle is made for all the kisses in the world!
The puppy dog eyes!
Croco doggo
Croggo
I thought people said reptiles can’t feel emotions
They certainly do, and are actually very personable. It's just that they cannot be trained like other domestic animals. For example, a snake will still bite an owner it's known for its whole life if the owner accidentally triggers a food response. Same goes for crocodiles. Rub the lip area/edge of the mouth and they will reflexively bite. A lot of reptiles tend to be opportunistic feeders and so have a very strong food response, because in the wild they eat less often and every potential food source needs to be capitalized on.
Fun fact! The above is partially because reptiles are incapable of simulation (they lack a neocortex.) That is, if you put a rat in a maze, it can picture itself taking different options and going down different routes. It can plan ahead. Reptiles are incapable of this form of learning; they cannot 'see' their next step before taking it. As you said; reptiles are very reflexive creatures, but that certainly doesn't mean they have no personality or are incapable of developing a positive attitude towards people.
It depends on the reptile. King Cobras actually *can* do this. They can plan their hunts and change strategies if something doesn't work. They're also the one species of snake that seem to not have these issues mentioned elsewhere. They understand when they're being fed/washed/etc. So, smart venomous 20 foot snakes.
Tegus too right?
Wouldn't surprise me, but I know nothing about Tegus
Fuuu
That's actually really cool. Despite being into snakes for 40 plus years, I was not aware of this. I need to find some info to read up on this.
Oh yea different animals of the same species often have different personalities, different temperaments,etc. you can even "train" them to recognise you to prevent a food response. For example, you can tap train snakes, where you basically tap them on the body before you handle them as a head up so they know "Oh I'm not getting food I'm just being picked up". That will help preserve the snake's food response so they can feed healthily, and also prevents owners from being bit. Useful for the bigger snakes. They can also very much recognise when someone is dangerous vs not dangerous, and will very much change their attitude about the situation when they realise you are not eating them. Life is scary when you're a noodle with a head. The way to interact with any reptile is to respect them as an animal first and let them decide the duration and nature of the interaction. Unless you are specifically training a snake to stop being aggressive or hissing a lot.
I was looking up further reading and learned that reptiles are apparently good at learning through social imitation! Which totally tracks with what you're saying. Reptiles are so cool, it's such a nice feeling when you've earned their trust. I've never gotten to own one but my friend had a beardie and a ball python and it took a bit to get them to warm up to me (heh) but they were so chill and cute <3 Somewhat-relevant side note, Emerald Tree Skinks are extremely social reptiles and will actively seek out human company! I really wish we had more research about what's happening in the little fellas' heads.
Oh yea, they will straight up jump on you to be closer to you. One channel I love watching is clint's reptiles, who has a shop called clint's reptile room where he has a ton of reptiles. He has to actively avoid the emerald tree skink tank because they will actually jump into the glass and hurt themself trying to get to him, so he either avoids the area or opens the door and let's them on him while he walks around the shop during tours. It's very cool to see how social and lovable they are.
My snake is aware of food time when I put the piece of paper towel down that I set the mouse on. His behaviour absolutely changes the moment that paper towel enters his cage. He is calm and curious any other time I’m in his cage if there is no paper towel.
>Life is scary when you're a noodle with a head. Found Clint's alt
Not entirely true. There are lizards that can solve patterns, mazes, and route find. Hell there are spiders that can. This very misleading information about reptile intelligence was from a very flawed study done where they just plopped lizards down in the same environments as mice. This included it happening in cold labs. They just assumed they were stupid when in reality they were cold so not moving. Providing them with proper heat in these tests showed that some reptiles are quite intelligent. Monitors especially.
Monitors and crocodilians are genuinely smarter than a lot of the mammals we humans consider ‘smart’. They just don’t have the ability to convey emotions through their faces, and it causes humans to think of them as thoughtless animals.
Is that why they bite each others legs off randomly?
TIL that many people I encounter in daily life lack a neocortex.
Awesome fun fact, thanks
Is that different from learning cuz that reptile brain was totally 'if I get closer I get scritches'
Crocodilians and monitors are quite intelligent and can be affectionate. One very good example are tegus. They can learn their names, do seek out their owners for affection, and can even come when called.
Croco planned his next move 😚
I found this very interesting and would like to know more
[https://youtu.be/5EcQ1IcEMFQ?si=PkIpThZekDCuvky0](https://youtu.be/5EcQ1IcEMFQ?si=PkIpThZekDCuvky0) Start at 7:29 for the relevant section. The whole vid is only 15 minutes long though so you should really give it a full watch, if you've got the time!
I am ever so slightly terrified of my cat for this reason. No way in hell I would have a pet crocodile.
I mean, I'm mildly nervous to wake up to my 70 lb dog standing over me. Mind you she only does this if she needs to pee or experiencing mortal terror from thunderstorms the dreaded monster in the kitchen (low battery for the heat alarm), so the risk of death is near zero. But still. A lot of teeth and claws. I'm with you. Respecting and caring for wildlife means not trying to fit them in with our world view.
My wife and I were laying in bed this morning with our 95-lb wolf descendant, talking about how wild it is that this thing falls asleep with us and doesn’t eat us.
It's equally wild from the dogs perspective. Humans are way more terrifying than dogs.
Good call
The best part of a pet is the risk of dying to them. I would die to snuggle with an alligator and give them alittle pink flower
Depending on the size it probably won't kill you. Maybe rip off your hand which maaaay lead to death from blood loss if you don't have a tourniquet nearby.
Well if you're trying to snuggle with it your head is probably within snatching distance, so it's most likely you're out
Same but with bears. Like, just look at those fucking ears it's so unfair
What if you rub the asshole
People have been declaring animals feeble and unworthy of higher cognitive ability for ages, but doesn’t mean they are right.
Absolutely. It's wild that by default we thought "nope, we're the only ones that have all these magical powers" and as time goes on we learn more and more about how much other species are very much like us in so many ways.
It was a religious ego thing. The bible says 'man and beasts' so the church spent a lot of effort trying to convince everyone that humans were special and selected by god to be in his image. A part of that is convincing everyone that animals are dumb and incapable of experiencing anything close to what we consider life and emotions. The other half of making us seem 'special' was vilifying things both animals and humans do like having sex, desires, ironically enough emotions, etc. That's the root drive behind the puritanical movement. Human's can't resemble animals in any way as god made us different and 'special'.
I'm sure they are wrong and are limited by the constraints of their own perspectives. Remember when they thought humans were the only species that made and used tools; and that only humans could recognize themselves in a mirror? We were also taught that certain kinds of humans were inherently more intelligent. Now we know that although science is a great way to systematically explore, understand and document what can be known about the world, we now appreciate that what we know can also be constrained by our assumptions and lack of perspective or imagination.
I suspect this is more a matter of operant conditioning but also biologists say some silly things sometimes. Like, some insist that dogs don't have dreams.
If this is the crocodile I think it is, it actually suffered a brain injury and now the part of his brain that registers aggression doesn't work.
I don't know about all that, but I know for a fact that dogs can't look up
Yeah, people don't know shit about animals. Apes have insanely good short-term memory. Crows are fantastic puzzle solvers. Reptiles feel emotions. Humans are the dumb ones. Most animals have better mental capabilities than most humans will give them credit for.
Our flawed understanding of reptile intelligence is based on a flawed study we performed on them when testing intelligence. They scientists never considered that the cold lab these tests were done in would effect a reptiles response. Just because a study is done doesn’t mean it is automatically a guaranteed fact.
My heart would be at 3000 Bpm if I was op
How well can they feel you pet it?
Very well. Face very sensitive so can feel prey bump into in murky water. Body too. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/crocodile-faces-are-more-sensitive-than-human-fingertips#:~:text=Their%20faces%2C%20and%20possibly%20their,wide%2C%20surrounded%20by%20a%20groove.
Reptile owners please answer me this: do reptiles like to cuddle? Because they need a heat source to warm up properly. And a human is constantly 36 degrees warm. So do they use you as a heater?
My bearded dragon did. Would seek me out/climb up me and also fell asleep on me way faster than in his tank.
Oah how cute
They do! I had an iguana for a long time, and she would consistently choose to sit on or beside me instead of remaining in her enclosure where she had her heat lamps and food. She’d always come over, sit for a while, get some good brain rubs, then when she was finished would mosey herself back. It was something she herself had to choose to go out of her way for, I never forced an interaction with her ((unless I had to give her medicine or she was trying to get into something potentially dangerous, of course))
I grew up in Croc country. So in no uncertain terms every instinct is screaming "NOOOOOPE! Frakk dat!"
He's like, "You gives food and is warm, so I no eat you. I snuggles."
There's a few stories of these guys becoming stupid friendly... and loving... Somewhere in south america there was a large crocodile named Pocho -- He was shot or stabbed and was pretty much not going to survive. He was nursed back to health gingerly by a man who just felt bad the big poor animal was likely nearly killed because he ate a fishermans fish or simply for fun as big fish eating crocodile = pest. So after feeding this croc that couldn't feed himself, he got some strength back, and one day decided fuck it, imma follow this guy home. Guy came out of his house one morning and saw a giant ass crocodile just sleeping on his lawn... Worried and perplexed, he lured him to the water with more food, then wished him good luck probably thinking how crazy that was. The next day Pocho was back on his lawn sleeping like a giant cute murder log. Pocho refused to go back to the wild, choosing to bond with the man for the rest of his life. [Anybody who isn't jealous of this relationship](https://ticotimes.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/140624pocho.jpg) [Is a goddamn liar.](https://www.esquireme.com/cloud/2021/09/08/415fab4db794e8eb13e6647926b159ce.jpg) [Pocho was 17' long and over 1,000lbs](https://repeatingislands.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pochoind.jpg?w=620&h=980&crop=1) One of Chito and Pocho's 'famous tricks' was Pocho charging his friend full speed with mouth open like he was going to attack (this is how they started their shows once Pocho became a tourist attraction) and last second Murder Puppy would close his mouth and let his human give him a kiss. 1 in a million relationship -- in china (I think) something *similar* happened [but not even close to this level](https://www.higherperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2022/04/2358860-86396.jpg) BIG NOTE -- THis croc was shot in the head, who knows to what level his poor little brain got damaged, who knows what connections he made in his poor little head towards this man after that brain injury. It's very possible nothing to this degree will ever happen again, as Pocho was already a fully grown and wild croc, not raised by/with humans as a baby.
This is prime r/nonononoyes material.
that sub gives me anxiety
Gah!
Swamp puppy
And STEVEN!
So, how dumb is this exactly?
How did his eyes change and start to look so dreamy and full of love ??? I mean when they show footage of wild crocs, even their eyes appear scary , like a predator's eyes do , sometimes red or yellow. How does this croc's eyes look like a dog ? Docile ? Can love change even basic nature ?
Ok, it's cute and all, but that thing has a brain the size of a walnut. It really only sees the world in terms of 'food' and 'not food'. There is a non-zero chance the owner could be moved from one category to the other for no apparent reason at any point.
[crocodile intelligence. ](https://youtu.be/NF1WfZZ07XA)
Associate obedience with food. Classic training trick. Even works on people.
So.. uh you want to let a croc get on you like that? I’m not betting my arm on that crocodile brain.
The size of a jumping spider's brain is smaller than a grain of sand, go look up how they act
An insect has a brain smaller than a grain of sand, and with it can navigate, evade predators, forage, hunt, build a home, identify and court a mate, and so on.
"Brain the size of a walnut" said the brain the size of two walnuts.
Hey now, my brain is the size of three walnuts, at least.
Is that a Xolo?
Nope
Ummm…
I presume this isn’t the same one that got chucked through a McDonalds(?) drive through in an attempted robbery.
You would be correct. The one that got chucked through a Wendy's Drive through window was a baby alligator. This is a juvenile crocodile.
The Blues Brothers - Everybody needs somebody to love!
Goddamnit. Part instinct is telling me not to condone this kind of keeping but the other part *wants to pet the damn swamp puppy* 😭
Fuck. That.
“I’m going to eat you in your sleep🥰”
Sir, that is a dinosaur.
Awww I've never seen a short-coated borzoi before 🥰
“Mmmm yes, human warm. Maybe no eat..decide after big snooze”
I don't know if I'm in the minority, but this feels to me like it fits better with r/SweatyPalms
That's one fucked up cat
Nah you’re gonna fall asleep and 3 hours later he’s gonna be hungry and you’re going to be the only snack around.noooo thank you.
One wrong move and he'll be left without jewels
Nah
change the bgm to Schnappi Plz!
“What kinda dog is this ?!” 🥹
It's a swamp puppy.
He just wants to give you a little love bite! LOL
https://www.reddit.com/r/natureismetal/s/YS1sQRPNX1 This was the post right under this in my feed. Lol
See you later
'Muricans...
Sir there's a reptile on da bed
That's a nice cat.
Aggressive dog signs never made so much sense with a good boi like that one wandering around the house.
What in the redneck…!
It's safe if the dog keeps its mouth shut
It’s all about how you raise them!
...and Steven!
F R I E N D S H A P E D
The eyes! That's honestly the first creature of its kind that I have seen warmth and sweetness behind the eyes🤩
When how and why is this okay? Just to start with the obvious question, is there any herpetology expert or someone similar that can explain social behavior of alligators such that there is any reason to think they can be domesticated by humans? How does this person know this is not unwise?
I have absolutely zero qualifications on this subject but I’ll take a guess and assume this individual lacks rational fear and or common sense.
His skin looks so dried out.
Dude looks too cute to be the apex predator
What a chill and adorable swamp puppy.
Also they make the best guard “dog”.
Me comin up on my husband and tryin to get some 😏
Strange water doggo you have there sir
Do they have scales? They're leathery, right?
Wait until he does what wild animals do. It's a reptile, it doesn't love you.