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I mean, they show little interest in even the slightest bit of 'How's Your Father' and prefer to eat Bamboo, a plant hardly noted for it's nutritional value, with a gobful of teeth far better suited to a more carnivorous diet, seeing as they have both Incisors and Canines.
Surely this is an example of species that has thrown in the towel?
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I find truth in the fact that the Panda is a poster-sized stamp more than anything, but how this adds up to it being a failed species? Wait... it doesn't, that is right.
Man, look at that species doing something that looks funny though, in a native environment of relative peace and... wait... the bamboo is dying off? Oh... freaking snap... That is not good news for those pandas, but it doesn't make them automatically fail. I fail to see how this guy came to such a rash, and seemingly unscientific conclusion. You know those cave newts? Yeah, those buggers are total fail... why you ask? WELL, I will tell you, they are just way way way too stinking silly... kind of like this scientist here, yeah that one, yeah.
I like how he dropped the little, "I hate you people" comment at the end, that was absolutely fantabulous. Failing to realize that we are the cause and the solution for many of the problems that pandas face, then rubbing it in with a self infatuated self denial, and a little bit of mental fappery to boot. Yeah, that is it, I suck, Oh man do I suck.
Humans are fail for goddam sure, but that is hardly a group sample, it is at best severely compiled anecdotal evidence used to push a specific mindset onto other people. I know how it is, but I feel a bit humorous at the thought of a scientist pushing this kind of self defeating attitude. They seem to get more and more complainy, and less and less thinky.
They're an example of the Dilbert Principle in nature. They've evolved to be cute, and gotten us dumb humans to keep them safe in zoos and feed them all the bamboo they want. At the Washington Zoo, didn't they even have trouble getting them to mate? iirc, they were showing the pandas panda-porn to try to stimulate them.
Lets see - lazy, want to eat all day, rolly-polly shape, doesn't know what to do with a female - Pandas are gamers!
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True, let´s try some alernatives:
The Shark of Sexual Harassment?, nah! wrong message.
The Ant of Sexual Harassment,? too tiny.
The Cricket of Sexual Harassment?, Ups! Disney has that.
The Skunk of Sexual Harassment?, too gross.
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"Unfortunately, it's big and cute and a symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature and we pour millions of pounds into into panda conservation...
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Pandas are cute. They are a social Icon. They bring happiness to the lives of millions of people simply by existing. The costs of keeping them around are far lower than the cost of any artificial means of generating happiness (such as through television or books or whatever the hell you could really replace an iconic species with).
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Do you remember that time that thing happened?
This is a bad thread and you should all feel bad
It's not only pandas that need worry, however. Asked which animal he would not mind becoming extinct, he replied: "Human beings. No question. That's the only one."
I really hate all this “oh isn’t humanity terrible” nonsense.
If you really hate humans that much then please, for the love of god, have the courage of your convictions and blow your brains out. It will be one less human being spreading its evil corruption and even better still it will spare the rest of us from listening to your Self-righteous fething whining.
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