Top 10 Most Criminally Misunderstood Animals 

Daily too.

I'm quite certain I remember hearing a quote from him when he first left the water after being stung. I don't remember the exact wording, but it was something to the effect of "It was my fault. I spooked him." To Steve, this wasn't some animal attack. It was just a case of him making a mistake, miscalculating and making the animal uncomfortable. He wasn't even filming at the time, he was just out there being Steve. EDIT: Misremembered the detail about filming. He was trying to get a shot of the stingray swimming away.

The fucking odds of something like this happening are so low yet it happened... feels like the biggest cosmic joke. But at the end of the day we are also that :D.

I love that you all totally understand it.

@@ericthompson3982 Steve never left us. He's still with us in spirit, and has inspired an entire generation to be more conscious, caring and passionate about nature and wildlife. And his son, Robert, has continued his legacy wonderfully, with all the same energy and spirit and passion that Steve had. If perhaps a bit less of Steve's zaniness :P

There is also a program in Tanzania right now, where rats are being trained for post-earthquake search & rescue work. They can safely enter the rubble of fallen structures due to being so small. They get outfitted with backpacks that have a tiny camera, location transmitter, & two-way radio and they are trained to touch a switch attached to the chest-strap of the backpack whenever they locate someone.

​@@FeatheredWingzngl, if I was trapped under rubble and saw a rat call in backup, idk if I'd be relieved or terrified lol

that really makes me smile

​@drpepperman2765 that would make my day, not only am I saved, but clearly this is now a Pixar movie turned real life

@@drpepperman2765I’d be thrilled!

Andrew But I like Sharks Jaws got me into liking Sharks.

I love sharks and often get the weirdest looks for that, a great white would terrify me if I was in the water with one of them. But I am western European, so do I really have to worry about ever dying to a great white? Nah. Truth is only surfers and divers have to really worry about a great white ending them, cause a shark that size isn't going to come near the usual tourist who is swimming in shallow water

@@sleepymonsteraddict And my favorite sharks are Great White Sharks

@@sleepymonsteraddict it depends where you live again. i've seen many great whites + mako sharks in shallow water. but i also live in louisiana, where we dont have any beaches where the water actually looks.. blue. and when i would go to the beach it would either be in Mississippi or florida, both with many sharks. when i was a very young kid i had a great white shark swim near to me after my dad had put me in biloxi waters. i obviously dont remember but its interesting, ive always liked sharks a lot since i was a kid.

@@foreversui I think people have the responsibility to look up information about the waters they are swimming in, if it is shark territory it speaks for itself that you might have a shark encounter. Of course I am not victim blaming anyone who got attacked by a shark cause it is something horrible to go through, but I feel like we should educate people more on researching shark territory and how to avoid encounters. Like I saw that horrible video of a man who got killed in Egypt by a shark, but all the locals were reacting that that place is known to be very densely populated by sharks, so there should be huge signs at such beaches to warn travelers that they are taking a huge risk.

shark-blessed waters

It's really just people-infested shark homes.

Well that's true and sharks get to little credit for being a keystone species... and yet: I kind of don't blame people for their survival instincts. It's basically a verbal "Keep of the lawn" sign. And there is no way I trust an animal to behave peacefully, that was nothing but an apex-predator since the times where dinosaurs STARTED conquering the whole planet... No thank you...😐

then what about a bunch of land animals together? people usually call it an infestation or an invasive species

@EspiS-tg3zk if the sharks have always lived in those waters we call "shark infested" then they wouldn't be considered invasive though? i think only species introduced to a new area by humans are considered invasive. so that's still a double standard unless there actually are invasive sharks out there which i highly doubt

Same buddy

I didn't realize that he said that.

I love that he said this as I was reading your comment🤌🏾

Necromancers LOVE raising families 😂 Or are we talking about the 'other' type of necro, cuz ewwwwwwwwwwwwww 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮

Agreed.

I'm a programmer by trade -- though I paid my dues in food joints for years before I got my degree. In my decades of work, the most likeable, witty, and charming people were those I met in the manual labor trades. Something about most people who desire to go to college makes them insufferable. Every time I see guys out working on streets or power lines, I think how much they keep this whole show running and that we depends upon them vastly more than they get credit for. I was recently thinking how fast this city would be buried in garbage if those guys just stopped picking it up. It would be armageddon.

Hey man, thanks for being a janitor. Seriously. 👍

@@michaeldavid6832 One time janitor left with the keys to big garbage bin and called sick. 6 people, 7 days, two 200 liter garbage bags filled to the brim and then some.

Finally some love for the clean up crew 😂

Most dont give a shit till itz on there shoe

Wow a romanian?that's so interesting,definitely deserves good recognition in some media

So theres a parallel universe with cottagecore rats? I wanna go there...

@@stephanniemorinand there are thibgs you do for them, like non-malicious fairies you're supposed to leave food out. That said, the myth is almost completely extinct and with the exception of a few remote villages, nobody talks or thinks about the Blajini. A pity, really....

I know for former yugoslavia, our ancestors are called old slovenes that came from the europe russia, and nature was our god before christ revealed himself in the flesh.

That is so interesting, thank you!

I honestly have to wonder if part of it is because of that association with death itself, and Western cultures in particular have historically had a fear of death, so the correlation just kinda stuck? Of course, this is just my wildly uneducated guess. I find it all very fascinating anyway!

Our ideas of evil have an uncomfortable overlap with old European nobility ideas of “ew gross”. Think about how much religious connotation can come with “unclean”. Or worse, the fact that “villain” originally just meant peasant. Or how much the witch trials could hinge on “she’s old and has a gross skin tag”.

Indeed

My cousin used to feed them cat food. Rifde by his house they be 25 to 50 sitting on his house and car.

There's no reason to hate them as unlike raccoon, vulture doesn't even harm human nor spread diseases but since it has menacing appearance and habit of picking something death, vulture gets a very bad mark from human consciousness

NPR recently had a program discussing the problems vultures are having in India and Pakistan.

Vulture PR and waste disposal worker PR desperately needs an overhaul. Both are vital to healthy society and shit falls apart so fast if they're gone. Growing up I heard things like "if you don't go to college you're gonna end up a garbage man" and we gotta quit that rhetoric. All the waste managers of the animal kingdom deserve respect ❤

Bro was truly a legend

F for Respects to the legend.

Paying my respects to the legend, Tiny.

@@vcdgamer F

F RIP Tiny and thanks for sharing the legend.

Your dad is awesome, you are also awesome

​@@Marineisme That is so sweet, thank you😊

​@@kalypsovaldez7865 I like Hyenas they're one of my favorite animals.

Damn that’s a short ass life. Makes you appreciate dogs and cats. They live 10+ Years usually

I had gerbils and they were fascinating little sh*ts 😂 I didn't know how much personality could live in such smol entities. I used to let them free roam as much as possible when I was home. One of them lived the standard 2 years, but the other one (first out of her cage the day I brought them home, first to do anything really out of the 2 of them) lived just over 4 years. As much as I loved having them, the heartbreak is real, and I'm not sure I could cope with it again. 😢

I have that same heartache problem with ferrets. They only hang around for roughly 8 years, which is NOT long enough for those wonderful, silly little noodles :(

Five years!? Congratulations that’s incredible. Must have been a very well loved babies. Mine are about four currently, and are walking little lumps. Lumps of love! Haha.

We had squirrels that would throw stuff at us in our driveway too! I'd always keep a lookout when we'd go to the car. No matter where on the driveway we parked it, we'd have this squirrel (idk if it was just the one or several) that would like chuck acorns and pinecones at us. I had so many people tell me I was crazy and they were just falling from the trees. Not sure where the pinecones were coming from then, we only had a few pine trees way in the back

My squirrels stole knives and dropped them onto our house.

At my house, we had these red squirrels that would throw pinecones at us too. They'd just sit up in the trees picking the cones and drop them, they weren't even eating them either! Thankfully, we have a large black squirrel here that keeps the little gingers in check.

WHY CAN THE SQUIRRELS ACTUALLY AIM

my mom was routinely harassed by a squirrel living outside her job. he charged her once and scared her so bad she fell into the newly planted bushes and tore them up trying to get back on her feet

100% read that in Steve's voice

@@SouthernGothicYT How could you not, though?

Yup, especially since he was enough of an expert to _know_ that it was a startle response as soon as it happened. RIP, Steve.

I just imagine him doing the "You're alright mate , you're alright mate." thing he'd always say

"Do you know how to tell a male koala bear from a female koala? The females have cute little butts" - Steve Erwin

I always respected that about Peter Benchley, I was genuinely touched when I first heard that he regretted writing Jaws in the way he did

It’s unfortunate that such a caring human is indirectly responsible for so many deaths of an animal he later learned to have a great appreciation and respect for :(

@@slaterstimson I see the responsibility more in people putting his word, that he never intented to have so much weight, above facts

cringe

​@bierwolf8360 yes you are , very

I used to be a "kill on sight" person for spiders. I'm still not fond of them, but as long as they respect my personal space I'll let them do their thing and keep the more annoying insects from taking a residence in my home.

I wish i had that job. Didnt study in school and had no ambition, i love spiders

You took inspiration on a man who, in front of a paying audience, held his newborn while feeding saltwater crocodiles with the other hand... He was an irresponsible master manipulator that used animals far more than he ever actually helped them.

Spiders are really cool and I like them, but I still jump into a panic when I see one. Even if it's just a normal little wolf spider. I'm the same about roaches... in theory they're really cool, but in person I just want to scream and run away 😭 I wish I wasn't so jumpy

​@@Adstodeus If you feel like you are able to pursue it now, I'd say go for it! It is never too late to go back to school. I got 3 bachelor degrees, if I can do it then I know anyone can :) That's only if you personally want to or feel like you can. If you need to take some more time before that, totally okay too.

more so fleas than anything

Cats probably had a blame too, they can carry the fleas as well. And being hunters of rats, and able to climb around to more places, they probably spread it even faster too

living my literal fantasy over here 🥺

I adore my bird friends so much, and yes squirrels are evil 😂 but I love my chipmunk friends. Chipmunks do not destroy my bird feeders or eat as much as the birds do. I keep water and food out for my Chipmunks and they even come up on my small back porch when the food bowl is empty to let me know. My son works on our vehicles and they surprise him in the oddest places by popping up on the wheels under the wheel wells or under the hood. 😂 He laughs after the initial bit of being startled. But I think my favorites are the wrens. They just let us live here and remind us who the bosses really are. I buy them meal worms as a peace offering lol. They even scold me when I'm inside sometimes 🤣 They're so funny and feisty. Anyone who doesn't think animals are smart, doesn't know them very well at all. 😊 Life is so much better with animals as neighbors, I swear. They're endlessly entertaining and it's rewarding to be a bird nerd. I even get rabbits who come eat the bird seed that drops on the ground. 😊

W crows and W honeybees

Pasta of the ocean,,,ravioli

Sea flap-flaps is my favorite. I also just love their little smiley mouths.

Or Sea pancakes

@@godzillahimself2023 Sea discus! Or water wings! My favorite remains sea flappy-flap.

@@Ilikecatsismychannelname I respect your opinion.

FR that switch up was hilarious.

"Misunderstood" doesn't necessarily mean actually good.

I mean, he's not wrong.

After the one snatched my fries, I completely agree with him.

Yeah... The squirrel one I saw coming, because I've looked up squirrels as pets once and the recommendation was don't do it, especially if it's a young male ^^'. Apparently they get really mean and become prone to biting once they hit maturity but do start out pretty friendly and nice, so... Sugar gliders on acid ig, though sugar gliders mostly get their bad reputation among some exotic pet owners for being nocturnal creatures with very special dietary requirements so an angry bite happy sugar glider any day of the week is probably just hangry and up way too early for coffee time, wait until the afternoon around sunset and make sure they've got proper food in their bowl, mist calm right down, they just hate bright light as well because it's blinding Squirrels on the other hand... I find they're perfectly fine if ya just leave them alone and never yell or toss anything at them because that's inviting retribution from them, just don't ever try to pet one because I've heard their teeth hurt...

Hyena project has also have good info about them aswell

If Lion King really copied an anime, it was still too soon to copy Murenase Seton Gakuen or Interspecies Reviewers.

And they were correct about lions and hyenas usually being enemies.

You could argue that the Lion King's story is told from the lions' perspective, so the hyena slander is all just lion propaganda lol

​@@MatthewTheWanderersadly they also get alot wrong like making the Lions speak English instead of swahili

​@@magiv4205that is so true😀

The Hyenas did nothing wrong except allow a charismatic leader to trick them into doing his dirty work in exchange for the promise of rights they should have always had, and I will die on that hill. I fell in love with real life hyenas *because* I loved these characters so much.

Ngl, I developed a slight fear to stingrays after that. But I calmed down after I heard how many deaths are due to cows.

They are one of my faves and even can recognize faces in captivity. Sometimes they are salty when I dont feed them fish and splash me. But mostly they greet me with snuffles on my hand

Even if you were to look upon the exact stingray from that incident uncharitably, you still shouldn’t blame the entire genus for manslaughter over one perpetrator. And that exact stingray may be long gone by now.

@@crazybird9745lmaoooooo fair dinkem

​@@crazybird9745 I like eating cows

once* But still though this man has to release poems

I like "gacky animal jesus" for steve irwin 😂

Omg that's so hilarious just hearing it 🤣 😂

"blowhole bandits" 😂

@@IdislikeTechnology *khaki (tan/brown pants)

Holy shit that's fucked up and absolutely inexcusable A whole species shouldn't suffer for the action of one of them, and even then it's a wild animal ffs. Even if he wasn't a threat, if something spooks a wild animal even by accident it WILL defend itself regardless. Lots of animals aquatic and land often perceive anything living around them either a threat or food, and often can't tell the difference between a threat and something friendly. Steve Irwin would not have wanted any of that at all. In fact he'd be horrified and pissed that ppl were hurting and killing an entire species bc of a natural reaction against what was perceived as a threat. I myself am horrified and disappointed that humans have proven once again that we're more disturbing and killers more so then any animal on this planet. Think of it this way,, if you shoot a person who you think is going to hurt or kill you in that exact moment would it fair to just start mutilating and killing off any person who you come across and consider it deserved? Would you think it fair for someone to mutilate and kill you for defending yourself against someone who you genuinely thought was a threat and they say you deserved it? I will not accept nor respond to any replies justifying the killing and mutilation of an innocent species out of some sick twisted fucked up sense of 'justice' Killing for survival is one thing. Going out of your way to kill and mutilate a species just bc you think they deserve it is sick and disgusting

If he's out there in heaven, you know his biggest regret is getting killed by an animal instead of in a car crash or some other accident. Seeing so many people ruthlessly kill innocent animals in his name would have broken his heart. All it took was a single stingray defending itself from what it thought was a threat for humanity to decide that stingrays as a whole deserve to suffer and die. And this is an animal we're talking about. Plus, the very person who was killed spent his whole life preaching about how animals aren't in the wrong for existing, no matter how inconvenient their presence is for us, and that when he gets bit, it's his fault for making the animal feel threatened. People immediately discarded everything Steve stood for and did what he would have considered a tragedy, what he spent his entire career trying to prevent. It's one of those things that really shows how humans really are animals just as much as chimpanzees and dogs and every other animal. We have those same instincts inside of us that take over when we perceive danger, causing us to be illogical, aggressive, and cruel. We talk about how "evil" dolphins and chimpanzees can be, but humans are no better. We literally do all of the same things just on a more sophisticated level, and we have no excuse. We actually have the capacity to override our instincts and act based on logic and compassion. Maybe one day humans will evolve into a new species that bases their actions on what will benefit them as an individual and their group as a whole, rather than relying on instinct to act aggressively if there's a "threat." In modern human civilization, the threats we face are generally not solved by violence, so our instincts can really mess things up for us. If we could override those instincts in emotional moments and choose to do what will have the best result versus what feels right, then society would be vastly different. We could end all of the senseless cruelty in the world. All I can do is hope that some day we'll get there.

​@@childofmischief7453 Yea, I agree. These types of events really show our collective delusion in thinking that humans are above animals. Our behavior is identical to chimpanzees and dolphins, ours is just disguised by technology and more complex thoughts and emotions, tricking hs into thinking that our feelings and behaviors have more meaning and significance than those of animals. Really, the instinctive part of our mind is the one running the show, and the conscious part is just pretending to be in control, creating a story after the fact to explain the actions the instinctive part makes, so it feels like the actions were preplanned and based in thought when really they instinct. According to some experiments in neurology, this is actually how our brains work. Our ego tricks us into thinking we make decisions based on our thoughts, when really the decision/action happens first and the thought happens second. Your perception of it is just a story you tell yourself to make sense of the world and yourself. Basically, human beings are not logical. We don't make decisions based on what makes the most sense or what will have the best impact. We behave based on what our instincts tell us to do, which is rarely actually helpful in modern society.

same with the Spanish. that's how Hernan Cortez conquered parts of the Americas.

That is so sweet! Can you send a link to it...?

Vultures are holy creatures Tending the dead Bowing low Bared head Whispers to cold flesh, "Your old name is not your king I rename you Everything"

... what kind of grave keepers do you know? ... "well Frank, gotta tend to this dead guy, hand me my fork"

I could SWEAR that there was somewhere in Asia where a traditional burial was straight up letting the vultures go to work.

@@steelgriffin7716 the Parsi community does that

honestly becoming a falconer is one of my dreams, and having a vulture be this affectionate, i'm quite astounded

Now I want one! 🥲

Bearded vultures are stunningly beautiful. (and the only vulture I know of that has killed people.......they didn't do it on purpose..........)

@@galaxydeathskrill5607 they maybe affectionate but cannot used to hunt something unlike falcon or hawk, thanks for the exclusively scavenging habit

I remember being told that vultures want their dinner properly dead before eating. If they see something that maybe dead, they take a grid reference and check it out, the third day they will take a nibble to check their dinner is probably dead then tuck in

Vultures are really nice to things that aren't dead!

I find vultures really charming. Would like to see some in an environment like that at some point. None around where I live naturally.

Ohhh I'm soooo jealous. Please forward love to Clarissa from this city dweller whose biggest life achievement is convincing neighborhood corvids that being pet is pretty rad (they are sooo soft). They love my weiners and demand them all the time, some learned that they can use a stick to make a weiner kebab instead of stuffing their throat pouch. Do vultures smell bad from the whole poopy-on-legs thing?

@@gyppygirl2021About the best you can expect from animals.

Amazing!! I visit a sanctuary when I can which houses a number of ambassador vultures, and *more than once* there's been wild vultures who came to circle above when said vultures were out for flight demonstrations. The place has/had a dedicated vulture week which maxed out my love and respect for all vultures ❤️

Did you name him?

@@shahinarahaque2071 yes they named him his name was obi wan kenobi

You should have told your neighbors to shut the fuck up and mind there own business

That’s a great name 😂

@rickytv12 It was the 70's and Star Wars had just come out. Lol

He's saying squirrels were misunderstood to be better than they actually are

❤️

Could never see them in a bad light. It's not what he would have wanted.

Aunt.not auntie

@@user-uz3bh3ru6sauntie is a valid way of spelling it. Also you can’t call someone out on their grammar when you’re missing a space and capital after the full stop.

Aye. Stingrays are adorable and innocent creatures. Steve's death was a horrific accident. The water pancake didn't mean to.

And it's a weird title too, they eat corpses, they literally remove death, not spreading it

@@firegator6853 For real, they help keep things alive if anything, since removing the corpse can help prevent the spread of disease.

Rain World

Fr, I love them so much! They look so cool and are also so fluffy :)

That's how birds feed each other. :p

We have two black vultures that decided to shack up near our house and always comes to eat the food we put out. That two turned into 4 or 5 pretty quickly, and now we have a whole group of friends just chilling on the trees and eating together. They also seem to vibe with the usual turkey vultures around the area. They're strangely nice, and they don't freak out too badly when we put food out because they recognize we're feeding them essentially. I always greet them and they look at me while I do. It's...kinda sweet.

For real, this is gonna make me happy cry. Solidarity with Hoppy, my disabled bird buddy.

Are there any wildlife rescue centers near you?

@@Scavenger82 no this is just from living in Florida and having your neighborhood carved out of the jungle we have vultures instead of crows

You don't pull a knife out, no. But I'm thinking leaving in what is essentially a knife attached to a large and panicking animal is very much a worse idea.

@@BertPreast There's really no good option, honestly. There are just "what sucks the least."

I think it was mostly reflexive. (Steve's action that is)

@@Thulgore oh, absolutely was. very frequently people bleed out because of that same reflex. one RU-vidr narrowly survived a penetrating injury to a major blood vessel by literally sticking a thumb in the hole.

While you are correct, he was hours away from medical attention with a spear in his heart. He didn’t stand a chance of survival.

Turkey vultures are definitely ugly, but I understand and respect the scavengers & decomposers keeping this planet clean and not piled high with corpses and poop. Crows fill a similar niche, just smaller. And a testament to the intelligence of both species is you always see them eating roadkill, but they are never roadkill theselves.

Have you left this comment somewhere before? I feel like I’ve read this. That’s not meant to be snarky if it’s coming across that way. This just seems vaguely familiar.

Thank you for sharing this! What an experience. A friend had a similar experience with a bear when she went to put her garbage out early in the morning. She and the bear hollered and ran in the opposite direction, then stopped and looked at each other, and then the bear ran off. (PS she knows you're not supposed to run, but it was spontaneous.)

That's a Loony Tunes level moment 😂😂

then did you run face first into each other while making a cartoonish clanging noise?

​@@gefrwed1478 no, but they made a cartoonish running sound

aquarium stingrays are basically puppies

And, something to note, a lot of the stingrays in aquariums can't be released into the wild for one reason or another, so the ones you're petting will never go into the wild (the ones who might be released would never be put in a program like that). Behavior that might be problematic in the wild, such as approaching humans for food or attention, is both acceptable and normal for animals in captivity who can't be released. Also, being a relative of sharks, sea pancakes love scritches.

I went to a zoo like this with my son. He was so excited to learn about them that the zookeeper gave him a sting ray tooth! It’s so cool, we still have it!

Wish rats could live longer and not get cancer so easily. :( They're so precious!

I had 3 girls that I adopted from my college. They learned their names real quick and would come when called. They also would groom me too. Sadly 2 of them I had to put down and the last one passed from old age. You really do get attached to them and I wish they had a longer lifespan

I get that! Had rats as pets when my kids were young and later with a grandchild but they just don’t live long enough. Very intelligent and my dog loved them.

I had four as well, lost two recently. It never gets easier, but it makes you cherish every moment.

Mine's been asleep for almost 2 years, I miss her

@@vexile1239 ❤️❤️❤️❤️

It's not just their intelligence. We use the term "chicken" to mean "coward," when they can actually be quite brave. A rooster will charge any predator to protect his hens, even if he knows he will die doing so.

I used to have pet chickens (Miniature Bantams) when I was a kid and they were the sweetest things ever. One would wander on down to the front porch and wait for me every morning and then follow me around the property, and one time when I was sitting up at the top of our playset/swing set, she hopped up there and clambered into my lap an fell asleep. Another one I had was really ditzy and would walk up to me, sneeze on me, and then walk away. She also didn't wait to finish laying an egg once and was walking around with it half way out (she eventually layed it and was fine). She was my favorite mainly because of how unbelievably dumb she was, therefore needed constant protection/supervision. Chickens are legitimately sweet/fun pets.

Thank you for the bonus animal info!

Makes me feel bad for eating the,

@@ShadeSlayer1911 yeah, you're right. my rooster is a tiny bantam and he charged a fox once and managed to scare it off. they even will run away in the opposite direction of the hens to draw the predator away, and rooster and hens will both sacrifice themselves for chicks

Okay, your comment made me think that "what if hyenas will be the next domesticated animals like dogs?" 🤔 Seriously, your comment made me picture that it wouldn't be too far fetched to happen eventually. 🤩

In one city they basically are invited in every night to clean up any food scraps and pests they can find

@@monticore1626 😲🤯 Talk about efficiency and coexistence! Awesome! 😄🤩🥳

@@rebekadoczi2136 It's already started!

crispy critter 😅

_"One day, while doing nothing particularly out of the ordinary, because of natural laws he was completely powerless to understand or intuit, he was instantly killed in a horrifying way by forces vastly in excess of anything he was ever designed to experience, for no reason, to no ones particular surprise or upset. In this we are more like him than different"_ -Elroy Craich, on an unfortunate rodent suffering a similar fate

The final boss of all sea life -- even sharks.

​@@michaeldavid6832big facts

Ha! We all know that The Rock is the final boss

😂 The Rock can literally be wiped out by paper​@@harrygreb3457

it was one in a million chance .. they happen far to often! but even so def not the stingray or Steves fault .. a pure accident. They happen, I bet the stingray in heaven will be apologising to Steve too .... I'm hearing a stingray/Steve apollogie loop to rival UK and Canada combined ! hahhaa

​@@Psylaine64ive heard many times that after the accident, Steves main and first concern was how this would hurt the Reputation of the Stingrays. Dont know if thats really true but it would fit i feel^^

They are one if my favourite animals because when he died I did a deep dive (no pun intended) I was always a nature freak (or freak of nature as I liked to put it) so I knew most of it but I wanted to make sure I had everything right, while they do make me a little sad I realized at age 8 they were gunna get a lot of hate and Steve wouldn't want that, I think I actually talked to his kids abt it through one of the websitedls they set up (I lost my shit when they agreed and not just because his son is cute as hell and even then I knew I was into dud3s lol)

It’s not acceptable to have a single rat in almost any case. You can not provide the constant companionship. They only time rats should be housed alone is if they have severe behavioral issues and can’t be around other rats (which is very rare)

There's something primal in the bias against spiders. Either that or maybe they're just a common early-life jumpscare that scars people pre-memory formation. Jumping spiders, though? One got in my car last summer and made itself known while I was on the highway. Scared me a little, but watching them explore around, something clicked. "Tiny 8-legged puppy." Spiders generally still advised to stay well away from me, but I would voluntarily cohabitate with one of those.

@@ourotayuun It's absolutely a primal/instinctual thing. Most of them are harmless, but you only need to be wrong once to never have to worry about being wrong again.

@@gunnarschlichting9886Even then, the deadly venomous spiders mostly avoid us and only bite when they’re in mortal danger, like if we’re about to squish them by accident. I’ve heard brown recluses can be aggressive, but they’re not deadly, just awful.

yeah, I made peace with spiders in my house because I realized they keep us from being overrun by ants. I also remember seeing a study about which specific aspects of spiders people find disturbing, for some it's the eyes, mandibles, etc. For me the enlarged hard/shiny abdomen is what triggers primal fear 😂 so I'm actually not really bothered by hunter type spiders but still very scared of weaver type spiders haha

I am terribly arachnophobic, so much so I couldn't learn its anatomy for my biology masters. I think it's pretty much something I was born with. I remember being scared even of animated spiders from when I was3 years old and watching a nursery rhyme video of itsy bitsy spider. Their shape freaks the living fuck out of me. I get higher heart rate even today if I were to glance at a spider even one on screen.

Cows and Goats?pigeons are already misunderstood

Rays are wonderful animals.

They have that in st louis and i love it!

Yeah, imagine how upset he would have been if he had known that his death would make the world hate a whole species.

Stingrays had a special spot in Steve's heart too . . . But like for real he never would have blamed the animal.

Agreed. Banjo sharks are my favourite fish! They're like puppies of the ocean. (They're a ray, by the ray. Not a shark, despite their name).

Wolf spiders honestly get such bad rep, even black widows even though their kill count is in the single digits and most bites, while they are incredibly painful and can knock people off their feet for three whole days, is only dangerous if your health is already in a risky state and/or you're allergic and refuse antivenom for the bite- which people actually do that apparently, from what I've read the three days thing is generally extreme cases and bites can stop causing pain within 24hrs. Absolutely does NOT mean anyone should EVER handle one though, black widows are incredibly fragile and a well fed or egg laden female can easily die to a short fall due to how soft their backend is Back to wolf spiders though, I've actual fostered a few hatchling wolfs at one point and I wish my phone could record or take pictures of tiny stuff without the picture being a massive blur because idk what happened to them but the mother was in a bad way, most of the babies were missing or had passed away still clinging to her back, but there were five survivors. I tried to hand feed one of them, and uh... The speed at which that thing scaled my hand and cuddled up on one of my knuckles, absolutely adorable and I had a hard time getting them to crawl back down so it seems possible the babies will adopt a new mother if something happens to the original. My guess is because they do stay on the mother's back until they can hunt and will take a few days where they'll venture down her legs to wander a few steps away, it might be natural instinct to grab when offered a leg to climb back up to continue walking once playtime is over. Either way though, super cute interaction and I've had a big rabidosa that got herself stuck in my sink at one point, she was a big baby who I had for two summers and definitely never fit the highly misleading name they were given- which, if you wanna know, was given to them because rabid wolf spiders specialize in eating cockroaches as their primary prey source and roaches duck and weave while running like nobody's business, they'll do a 360° around you while you try to hot or grab them, so rabids developed an instinctual zigzag running pattern to outmaneuver the trash pandas of the insect world but they're actually shy creatures if you're not food and first instinct really shouldn't be to squish them just because they're big and scary, they eat roaches after all. Show them out the door gently and if they return, check that back corner of the cabinet under the sink I know you haven't checked this year, they're probably trying to tell you you've got squatters and are just trying to help you out in exchange for food

If someone put random infants on me, i too would show signs of distress.

Possums (opossums) are NOT immune to rabies.

@@NanaWilson-px9ijthis. They’re resistant to it, it’s rare they get it, but not impossible

There's actually a website dedicated to a nationwide opossum conservation in the US. They even have a newsletter

Very true

Unless said animal is from Australia, they just want you dead.

That too is true😂

Well think about this. Do we even really understand ourselves? There is a lot we don't understand about the world. A lot of our job as sentient life forms is to constantly re-educate ourselves. To learn is to live. What you know now may not be true in 2 years. It may not be true in 2 minutes.

Nature can even give the larger middle finger.

Rats are so cute! I think it's so cool that they can laugh and like to be tickled

❤aww! Yes, rats are awesome and so sweet, but really need a longer lifespan.

@katiegritts honestly it the only reason I don't keep them anymore. I just can't take the heartbreak.

I didn't even know they could do that. 😧

Tarantulas are lovely, aren't they!? I've owned a couple and they're super sweet and darling pets.

Huntsman spider are also chill used to live in Australia would have one in my house from time to time eventually I learned that they are fast and would rather flee from people and they only bite if they are cornered or feel threatened they will bite but mostly they are nice to have around and spiders do have a bad rep.

I love them too. They're so cute.

I'm so grateful to your comment. I get to nope out of here before the nightmare fuel.

This made me cry. The mention in the video and lots of comments made me sad... But your dad calling you crying, gut punched me right in the feels

Remember to get them in pairs! Rats are extremely social and do better with other rats.

We've killed *hundreds of thousands*

Always loved that line. Man, HTTYD 1 slapped so hard. The others were good, but the original’s just too good.

God that's adorable (and super sad). I mean them wanting to spend their final moments with their loved ones... And then showing that's you. My heart.

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their short life span is the only reason i wont have rats. they’re so sweet and cute, it would destroy me having to say goodbye so soon

Someone beautifully said that they may be in your life for a short time, but you're there for them their entire life

I just wanna ask if clipping a sting hurts them (sorry if you don't know)

@@smolkiddo1842 they're made of keratin, aka the stuff nails are made of, so I doubt it.

@@smolkiddo1842 depends on where they clip it. The stinger itself is kinda like a fingernail and has no nerves, but if they just remove the whole thing it might hurt a little. Even then, it's a very small cut and over in moments.

They are what I call water pancake puppies, because they are basically your best friend once they like you. That's why as I kid growing up in the Cayman Islands, I'd visit as often as I could.

​@@margotrosendorn6371 Ehh, clipping the barb is like clipping a fingernail, removing the ability for it to regrow however is like cutting off a few toes. Typically touch pool aquariums give a little trim every once in a while. If fully removed It impedes the way they swim. If you cut off your toes You can still walk just no where near as well as you used to, that would be the same with it's method of propulsion being damaged.

Pigeons too. They're some of the most incredible birds and so many people think of them as "rats with wings."

​@Kokkurichan and now this video makes Pigeons look good lol

@@Kokkurichan Didn’t he already make a whole video dedicated to them?

Bats are the no. 1 rabies carrier though iirc.

​​​@@chaotixthefox no, most of them don't carry the disease. Though, they are the cause of the majority of rabies deaths in the US, but not the whole world.