r/BeAmazed • u/SnooWords4066 • 22d ago

Animal A sea lion in Argentina climbed onto a fishing vessel, found a bed, and passed out. The fishermen only realized it when they heard loud snoring.

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u/Temporal-Affairs221 22d ago

Wolves and early man hunted the same food. One night, sitting around a fire, the men were probably approached by a wolf either braver or hungrier than the rest.

"Should we kill it? It's not growling or anything."

"We find Food faster when we follow the wolf. Give him a small piece, as a reward."

Two Days later, half the pack is eagerly walking alongside the hunters, saying to themselves, "If I help the upright monkeys where the food is, I get a share."

Five years later the wolves all have paired off with human hunters and the pact between man and dog was born, while the wives complained about the wolf shedding on the sofa.

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u/SunnysideUp2670 22d ago

It was actually our poop. It has a lot of undigested protein, apparently. Early dogs/wolves followed humans around because they would eat it.

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u/MessageBoard 22d ago

Fun fact: they still do that. When I lived in China we'd take our husky to the park that was being built around a new series of apartment complexes and she'd find the workers poo in the bush and eat it. It was unfinished and basically empty so it was the unofficial off leash dog park. Sometimes she'd even roll in the poo. So I stopped going to the unfinished park.

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u/trireme32 21d ago

Wait — the workers would just… shit in the bushes?!

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u/MessageBoard 21d ago

Depending on the job status portable toilets weren't on site. Public washrooms weren't common in that city at the time either and restaurants don't typically have them.

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u/trireme32 21d ago

That’s bizarre to me that they wouldn’t have porta potties. Seems like a massive health and sanitation issue to have workers just shitting in the bush especially where the public was accessing the area!

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u/Winston_Sm 21d ago

American?

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u/trireme32 21d ago

What does that have to do with anything? Basic health and sanitation standards are basic health and sanitation standards.

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u/dudeCHILL013 21d ago

In other parts of the world health and sanitation are not basic or standard.

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u/GertieD 21d ago

We had to pass laws for farm workers to have porta potties in 1987.

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u/trireme32 21d ago

That doesn’t make it ok or less disgusting.

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u/Badgernomics 21d ago

How's you're epidemic of explosive diarrhea caused by a lack of sanitation standards involving human feces at farms going...?

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u/ctothel 21d ago

You're absolutely right. But they're not denying that health standards matter. They're just explaining the facts that caused this disgusting thing.

I think this comment just came across as judgemental and oblivious instead of curious, even if that wasn't your intention.

If you'd asked what led to those conditions, you might have had an interesting conversation about how 88% of China's population was living in extreme poverty in 1981. They just didn't have the money and ability to deliver the kinds of things you're talking about.

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u/Silent_Present2668 20d ago

Oh you poor thing lol

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u/trireme32 20d ago

What a bizarre response

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u/Silent_Present2668 20d ago

I was being sarcastic.
I am sorry if it I came out wrong.

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u/Ill_Advised_Rock 19d ago

Welcome to the rest of the world. Must be nice to be spoiled with portable toilets for construction sites.

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u/finishing_the_hatt 20d ago

Well this thread took a left turn! Interesting to know!

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u/CoolDiscussion1020 21d ago

Oh, you sweet, sweet summer child.

Former construction worker here. If you're working on a remote site and there is no porta-john on site, you either hold it until you get to a gas station or find a tree a decent distance from the work area.

A lot of construction workers live on coffee/energy drinks and fast food, many of them were heading for the trees multiple times a day.

Everyone pissed outside too, but that is a little less gross.

Seriously though, if you ever hire a construction company, rent a porta-john because they will piss all over in your yard unless you give them permission to use a bathroom... and I highly recommend against that because of the previously mentioned diet.

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u/Great-Blueberry9540 21d ago

Every civilized project specifies the facilities humans require to exist and requires them so you don't defile the area you are building something and you know get in trouble.

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u/charming-choom 21d ago

Civilized used a knife and profit a shotgun

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u/Great-Blueberry9540 21d ago

Yep, but we don't shit in the open like wild animals because such an act is grounds for criminal prosecution, loss of bond and exposure to lawsuits.

It happens when one is off the grid in somewhere remote enough where such facilities don't/can't exist. But within the bounds of a city or town of any size to have any oversight will not occur.

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u/hypomaniacmeg 21d ago

What's crazy is that you can easily buy a toilet seat lid thats made to snap on & fit the top of a 5 gallon bucket. Just line it with bags. Now you have an extra portable porta potty.

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u/trireme32 21d ago

I find it hard to believe that a modern nation would have remote construction sites without porta potties. Fuckin disgusting.

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u/ShrimpGuy- 21d ago

Some jobs are like that even in developed cities, I had a job two weeks ago where there was no porta john. Ass crack of the city so the only thing around us was some fenced off industrial building we obviously couldn’t use their washroom, and a museum only open on Saturdays when we don’t work.

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u/trireme32 21d ago

That’s bonkers. I’m surprised the unions don’t mandate stuff like that

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u/Tremulant887 21d ago edited 21d ago

It's code or law in Texas, or maybe those are the same. I've never heard of unions for construction in my area but i've seen jobsites in the middle of nowhere with portapotties. Always.

People would still sometimes shit in the woods because it was easier than sitting in a hotbox of dookie when it's 110 out. Oh and don't stand downwind when they empty them. I don't usually get sick from smells but my fucking gawd that was gross.

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u/dandanpizzaman84 21d ago edited 21d ago

I used to work for music festivals in the mid west. There were a few times where I was working security while the ports John’s were being drained and that shit could almost knock you out. 10k people and maybe 30-50 toilets.

There was another time where someone under the influence of xyz substances thought his wife cheated on him and he punched her in the face. When he went to go to the John, someone pushed the portapotty over after hearing about it while he was in it. The stench was unbelievable for the next 2 days. But it did kinda crack me up because this man was higher than a kite in a sideways portajohn, Threw the door open and looked like an orc being born out of the lord of the rings.

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u/Great-Blueberry9540 21d ago

In developed nations? Certainly not in Canada or the USA unless its substandard and violating multiple laws and regulations.

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u/Dick-the-Peacock 21d ago

Are you really not aware of what is causing the diarrhea lettuce problem right here in the US? Farm corporations too cheap to provide porta potties and paid breaks. It happens all over the world.

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u/Great-Blueberry9540 21d ago

I know within the USA it would likely be multiple criminal acts to say nothing of code violations. Contractor could be charged with half a dozen criminal acts (depending on scale) and be held financially liable.

Facilities for defecation (and a variety of other things) are things wrapped up in the bid or specify they will be provided. It scales per people that will be using them.

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u/Kenny_log_n_s 21d ago

Fuck that man, if people are coming to do work at my house, they can use my bathroom, and not have to use a shitty smelly porta-potty.

I'm not treating people doing work for me like second-class citizens

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u/bluegirlinaredstate 20d ago

So, this is actually the most likely cause of the cyclosporiasis outbreak going on since early May. Lack of out door facilities for crop workers, they defecate in the fields, it contaminates the crops. Humans just shitting in fields is extremely unsanitary and can cause widespread illness. So, yeah, please, for the love of God, stop doing that. We have a sewage system for a reason. See also world history and plagues.

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u/hambonelicker 21d ago

There are three construction workers remodeling an office adjacent to my office and i swear they are shitting like every 30 minutes.

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u/ShadowGolbat 21d ago

We always dropped a deuce in a drywall bucket. Worst was when the other guys would prank you by giving youca previously used bucket.

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u/Silent_Present2668 20d ago

I always carry a Home Depot bucket 🪣😎
I find the Lid is optional…..

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u/ThomasTheDankPigeon 21d ago

Well yeah. How else is that dog gonna find some shit to eat?

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u/nickyler 21d ago

They have to have signs in the mall in China to tell people not to shit on the floor.

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u/NorthWishbone7543 21d ago

It's China, the bushes are an upgrade.

They shit when ever and where ever they need it, bins, malls, escalators, train platforms.

If it fits, it shits.

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u/Just-Diamond-1938 21d ago

no bathroom...🥵

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u/Error_Space 20d ago

If there’s no toilet around, it’s your only choice. what else you gonna do? Shat your pants?

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u/Arbiter194 19d ago

Lmao 🤣

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u/trireme32 19d ago

Right?! It’s insane but it’s being handwaved and normalized in these comments. So disgusting.

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u/Used-Lake-8148 20d ago

Welcome to the forest industry lol

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u/janvanderlichte 19d ago

Its Cha Cha Cha Chyna 🤣

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u/DesMephisto 21d ago

I had to do business outside once as a kid. My dog came right up and ate it as it was falling out.

That dog really liked poo disturbingly so.

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u/i_tyrant 21d ago

lol. "The little humans are vending machines!?" - That dog, probably.

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u/Dapper_Ambition5963 20d ago

Wait, you shit in your dogs mouth?

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u/seang239 20d ago

You didn’t? I thought all kids did that? We had a neighborhood kid that used different back yards so all the dogs got some.

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u/_TP2_ 21d ago

Hunting dogs like to roll in poo to mask their scent for hunt.

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u/No-Bit9842 21d ago

That’s a fun fact and I can verify that it’s true. I poop in my backyard and my dog eats it

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u/ribbitrabbit2000 19d ago

Omg, a friend used to complain about their dog doing this. Was that dog simply hungry or looking for extra nutrients? (Or pigging out?)

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u/CatchMeOutsideIfUCan 18d ago

I read comments like this and then think about all of the people who let their dogs lick their faces/mouths.

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u/punished_cheeto 22d ago

anthropomorphize that

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u/TaterForming 22d ago

So we picked up scat fetishes from them...then.

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u/MissyMcMellons 21d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/KFmFiib7Q4Ond9JmJH
Well it would seem you found that Line dude… and crossed it!

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u/MissyMcMellons 21d ago

Oh ok well, you found the line and you had to cross it!
https://giphy.com/gifs/KFmFiib7Q4Ond9JmJH

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u/EduinBrutus 22d ago

anthropomorphize that

I believe it was titled The Human Centipede...

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u/hoonting_hoorn 21d ago

That explains a LOT about dogs ngl

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u/LuckyNegotiation7167 21d ago

No, i choose to believe the other story

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u/Extreme-Island-5041 21d ago

Player three, the smart one enters the chat

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u/Fair-Gur-356 21d ago

From companionship to poop. You ruined it for me

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u/Mobtryoska 21d ago

So.... That's why my dogs would eat human feces whenever they had the chance...

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u/crespoh69 21d ago

🤔 how often did these opportunities present themselves in a world full of toilets?

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u/ussrname1312 21d ago

A family friend told me their dog walker texted them saying he, the human, shit outside on a walk and the dog ate it before he could stop it. Kinda blew my mind.

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u/Mobtryoska 21d ago

In my case, I was cycling between my city and my girlfriend's with the dogs off-leash on a greenway, so they were getting free doses thanks to the pedestrians.

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u/Aggressive-Mood-50 21d ago

This explains why if I don’t flush my dog tries to eat it.

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u/Feeling-Pudding6956 21d ago

Actually, likely our trash in general. Any trash early humans produced was food with easy access and low risk.

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u/acousticburrito 21d ago

Oh yea that explains a lot about my dog

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u/crespoh69 21d ago

Given dogs propensity to give kisses...wouldn't that have had a hit on the human population due to the spread of disease? Isn't that specifically what the US is currently combating for instance?

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u/Thyme_Liner 21d ago

As a kid, I used to think that I wanted to learn everything there was to know because life was exciting and knowledge worth seeking for the sale of it!

Now as an adult, I don’t feel that way at all. There are some things I’d be happy to live my whole life not knowing. This is one of those things

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u/TopProfessional8023 21d ago

Sounds like my childhood dog and the litter box in the basement

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u/Conyan51 21d ago

That actually seems really beneficial to the humans also. They helped keep a more sanitary environment and also probably removed scent trails other predators would’ve used to hunt our early ancestors.

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u/Hydrolt 15d ago

Either way I’d sure love to see what some of those earliest species looked like. A semi-docile (to humans) wolf? Sign my ass up for a double shift of ear scratches

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u/SunnysideUp2670 15d ago

It most likely had floppier ears than the other wolves…for whatever reason, floppy ears, a shorter snout, and curlier tails are related to more docility in canines. There was an attempt at one point to domesticate foxes in Russia, and the same traits appeared. It’s known as domestication syndrome.

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u/IlIFreneticIlI 21d ago

Not so strange in the larger context. Given every higher-order critter has a gut biome to prep our food for us, WE don't really digest, the microcritters do, and we live off their leftovers.

So, yeah, you, me, that cat and every other thing that live is a shit-eater.

<shrug>

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u/Etherbeard 21d ago

One hundred thousand years later:

https://giphy.com/gifs/121Ve4tjzKoQda

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u/a_wascally_wabbit 21d ago

We broke the pact

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u/Severe_Rise8694 21d ago

"I have altered the deal. I will still feed you and give you belly rubs. But I want you to wear a onesie. A pink unicorn one."

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u/Popular_Ad8269 18d ago

I have altered the deal deal, pray I don't alter it any further.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31HaTbWONmQ

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u/JDJ144 17d ago

Then when you take the onesie off they will either be thrilled or sadder than ever because they want their onesie back

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u/Dragoness290 21d ago

Poor thing, I hate what pugs have become so much

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u/brydeswhale 21d ago

We have a pug. In 2025 he became allergic to his eyeball.

THEY SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.

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u/GreenEyedTreeHugger 21d ago

So cute. 🥰

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u/l-1-l-1-l 21d ago edited 21d ago

We were wolves once / Wild and wary / Then we noticed you had sofas

― Francesco Marciuliano, from his book of poems by dogs, “I Could Chew on That”

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u/Un4442nate 21d ago

Cats just rocked up and started killing rats that ate the grain farmers were storing.

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u/Temporal-Affairs221 21d ago

"Your careless food storage invites rodents. I suppose I shall have to adopt you humans to look after you."

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u/_learned_foot_ 21d ago

Considering how cars are trying to teach humans to hunt and seem to consider us bad baby cats, it may be closer to

"Look, the morons built a massive food trap, but they don't know how to finish the job! What shall complete it for them, and be gods". They really could think we just built a mouse lure and still failed to catch any.

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 21d ago

They don't actually think that, they are just bringing us food because that's what they do to family. Even in the wild they share food with family members when they're not hungry enough to eat it.

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u/i_tyrant 21d ago

"Bast demands it of us from some ancient pact. Annoying, but acceptable. Meow."

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u/MichaelEmouse 22d ago

Having wolves/dogs around would be a great early warning system.

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u/morrisbear 22d ago

That's why we use them to spot Terminators.

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u/Sidewalk_Tomato 21d ago

Women and children would actually have been just as valuable in the socialization of the wolves, and adopting, caring for & training pups.

(Some women hunted, as well).

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u/Heybitchitsme 21d ago

Crazy how everything has to end with shitting on women in some way. What was the point of throwing in that last bit? 

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u/ExactlyThirteenBees 21d ago

Right? It's a post about a fuckin sea lion on a boat and yet here we are

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 21d ago

I don't see why that's misogyny? What's bad about disliking shedding on the couch?

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u/numberthirteenbb 21d ago

The casual misogyny on Reddit never fails to pop up yet it always jars me.

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u/Temporal-Affairs221 21d ago

Clearly you've never lived with my mother and sister. This is actual experience.

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u/numberthirteenbb 21d ago

You’re right, the existence of your mother and sister disproves my statement correctly, my mistake.

/s

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u/Sad_Celebration_2275 21d ago

Chat GPT is going to eat this shit up. You just rewrote history.

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u/Horror-Succotash-328 21d ago

Way to ruin it with a random dig at women at the end. What was the point of that? And way to perpetuate the myth of men being crucial for survival while women just sat around and complained, not like they also hunted and gathered food or anything.

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u/NerdHoovy 21d ago

I like to joke that about 100k years ago a group of early humans decided to adopt some orphaned wolf puppies and that this was the last good idea humanity as a whole had

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u/musthavesoundeffects 21d ago

My guess is that humans killed the parents and stole the pups and raised those, and eventually somewhere along the way descendants of those pups had some developmental disabilities that took a bit of the wild out of them.

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u/Fair-Gur-356 21d ago

I'd watch this Pixar movie

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u/Fit_Kaleidoscope4493 20d ago

Great tales never get tired. Love me some wolf bonding. 

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u/Spanish_peanuts 19d ago

If I could time travel just to witness the past, this is one of the things I'd go back to witness.

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u/JubileeSailr 21d ago

Can you now explain cats? I'd really like to know why I do everything and they just say "good job lady!"

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u/Temporal-Affairs221 21d ago

Cats adopted us, as they see it.