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CidVicious@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Nest parasitism is not unique to cuckoos and you can’t really put a value judgement on evolution. Brown-headed cowbirds are the most common nest parasites in North America. There’s lots of species where the parents kill their own children if they either think they aren’t strong enough to survive or if the food supply is too insecure to care for them. It’s just nature.

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DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

you can’t really put a value judgement on evolution

I can and I will and you can’t stop me!

(/s for safety)

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- HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I can and I will. No /s. I’m 100% serious.

Its pure evil and proof there is no god. I wish all parasitic creatures would fuck off and die. The world is fucked up enough as-is.

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- ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  How is parasitism any worse than straight up eating something else? Also, house cats kill for fun. Should they go extinct?
  
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  - chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I think there might be some anthropomorphism affecting the opinion, and I know a lot of people dislike "raising someone else’s children ", especially unknowingly.
    
    In humans, this mostly happens to men just due to biology, but I’m sure some women have experienced swapped kids.
    
    It’s not like those animals are betraying defined social constructs while knowing better, so i agree with you more on this, but that would be my best guess for someone reacting so emotionally to it.
    
    (Also there’s far worse things to use for the “no god” argument, like cancer and numerous other vicious diseases or syndromes)
    
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- alt_xa_23@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Parasitic creatures play an important role in regulating the environment.
  
  A species with no checks will spread out of control, causing serious ecological damage. (I.e. Emerald ash borer, kudzu, tree of heaven)
  
  It may be gruesome from our perspective, but it’s just part of how nature regulates itself.
  
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- tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Me, walking past a Storks nest and ignoring the falled chick that is dead since days
  
  “so majestic”
  
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- Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Now tell us what you really think.
  
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  - Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Fuck fascists, fuck tankies, fuck Charlie Kirk, and Motherfuck Donald Fucking Trump.
    
    Happy now?
    
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    Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    No, but that’s not your fault.
    
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