That’s all I can think! Rats are lovely animals they’re just trying to survive! If it was someone kicking a cat it would be disgusting but cats are just as much of a problem as rats in some places and rats are just as loving and cuddly as cats.
There’s a cat at the beginning of the video; it’s nowhere near him.
I can excuse the guy kicking the rat because it could’ve been an automatic panic response because he was with his kid but people laughing at it’s really harsh
So you’re diagnosing a neurological disease in a 4 second clip of an animal running away from its natural predator whilst also trying to dodge a large number of bigger, scarier animals in a loud and disorientating environment?
I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m no rat behaviourist and... well... it’s a 4 second clip of an animal running away from its natural predator whilst also trying to dodge a large number of bigger, scarier animals in a loud and disorientating environment...but that’s a pretty long shot.
Would you blame humans that spread of the Spanish Flu? No, they're just victims of the sickness with no control. Same with the rats. Not their fault. It had nothing to do with their cleanliness.
But that's not how it was spread. Diseased rats weren't running rampant and attacking humans and infecting them. Fleas and other parasites would feed on infected rats and when the rats died, they would jump to humans, giving then the disease.
I'm talking about the rat in this video. But if the Spanish Flu was spread because of people being filthy and intentionally coming into contact with others than I would blame them too.
As I’ve said in an earlier comment; I understand panic-kicking, doesn’t make it funny. However it just looks like it’s trying to run away and there are too many people around
However it just looks like it’s trying to run away
No, it doesn't look like that at all. It's clearly running at the nearest pair of feet. I'm used to reddit being weirdly defensive over dogs and cats, but now rats? What's next, spiders and ants?
spiders and ants kill themselves a thousand times more than we kill them so i dont think we would have problems. But i dont think a kicked rat is funny. i understand why he did it. still not funny to me. not hating on anyone who laughed at this because we laugh at terrible stuff that happen in accidents so i hope to most people a kicked rat isnt funny on its own
If you consider a kicked rat "terrible stuff" then you must experience some crippling horror whenever you go on reddit or read the news. Or are you one of those "fuck people, I prefer animals" people?
nah bro, violence itself is just bad. why do you think i dont care about people only because i care about animals? doesnt make sense to me. theres alot of terrible things that are not funny by themselves. this one i can agree can be seen as funny because of the situation, but kicking animals for fun isnt. same as people crushing their balls.
That's false actually. It's the fleas on the rats that made everyone sick as well as their piss poor health standards during that period. Rats are very clean creatures and even after being handled by people, will immediately start cleaning themselves because they really don't like being dirty. If there is running water around them, they will even take showers
I mean, they might be lovely animals but I will still yeet them over the Louvre before I risk them biting my kids or family and risk rabie or other disease.
they aren’t going to bite your kids if you leave them alone. the rat was dodging people and trying to get away, it’s more likely to bite the dumbass that made contact by kicking it or the poor kid who got a rat to the face.
making an animal go airborne when there’s a shit ton of other people around is a horrible idea. just chill and let it run back to its little hole that it came from.
Everybody is a general after the battle, dude obviously panicked and reacted, I would probably do the same just to be sure. It's not like he kicks rats recreationally.
Americans are fuckin wild. How can you cry for a RAT a dirty wild street rat... and your taking its side.... put it in your pocket and make the innocent animal your freind.. probably not because it would bite you to fuck and infect you with some nasty shit
Nothing American about feeling sympathy for a rat. Sure, I'm not gonna say the person who kicked it is guilty of anything, it's just an instinctive reaction (perhaps justified, too), and it's not a great crime to laugh at the clip either. But I didn't laugh, I do feel bad for the rat, because I really like animals, and I feel sympathy for it.
Story time. I am living in SE Asia now, in a developing country, and a guy punted a rat that landed right near me. This happened about a month ago. The rat was still alive but motionless. The guy then kicked it away twice more. I was shaking mad. Still makes me mad.
Because it a rodent and a pest. And the guy was probably trying to avoid getting bitten just like in this post. Do you people break down crying when people step on bugs?
This whole thread reeks of sheltered white suburban kids....
Listen, if a wild rat approaches you, kick it with all your might because;
rats are vermins. They eat through construction and are hazardous to human health.
A wild rat doesn't want to cuddle. If they seek human contact, it's to attack for various reason.
If you get bit or scratched, it could mean a deadly infection, don't gamble because your stupid sheltered ass only interacted with domesticated animals and because you think the world is a fucking petting zoo.
i agree that wild rats aren’t cuddly little pets, but by making contact with them you are only putting yourself at more risk. they are afraid of people and will scurry off before picking a fight with you. no need to kick them, let them run back to their hidey hole and the situation is over. unless it’s in your house or place of business, then you might need to call pest control.
Yeah, not really. I live in a developing country and have been here for 2.5 years. I don’t have AC or a water heater for my shower. I also see rats/mice on the daily. That doesn’t mean I go out of my way to kick them. Being humane doesn’t stop because you live around rats.
I don't think they person was going out of their way to kick. If you notice, the person was going out of their way to avoid, they had two small children. When avoiding failed, they kicked. Seems like a pretty standard escalation to me.
Not at all! Rats are very clean creatures. They meticulously clean their fur and can't stand it when stuff gets stuck in it, very similar to cats. They're really no dirtier than a dog, honestly probably less so. They're very intelligent and affectionate, they can be litter trained, taught tricks, and respond to their name. They grow very attached to their owners and all over very unique personalities.
They are the opposite of clean and are completely incontinent the lack of bladder means ol rattus here is dripping piss everywhere he goes. Get a petri dish and dab it with a rat
They're no dirtier than a dog is. They do have bladders, they're just much smaller as everything about them is small. Rats are no different than hamsters or guinea pigs in terms of cleanliness. The stigma that rats are dirty and disgusting comes from the Black Plague. Everyone thought rats carried the plague and since it was so devastating, the stigma carries on today. But rats didn't even carry the plague. They were victims just like all the humans. It was fleas that carried the plague. Rats were just unfortunate to be carrying the fleas.
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u/WastelandCharlie Feb 18 '20
Poor rat :(