Animals benefit from the tactical advantage that humans are generally uncomfortable with killing an animal with their bare hands, even if they’re being obnoxious.
By “modern humans” do you mean “anatomically modern” or “21st century modern”? Because it’s not like we’ve just recently invented empathy and cuteness. People have been tolerating asshole animals for a very long time.
21st century modern, our relative “softness” is cultural.
From what we know about how people lived in the past, a human 30,000 years ago would have an easier time killing the goose. Both physically and mentally. They are of course still anatomically modern, just living very different lives with very different cultures.
Of course this is a bit of an assumption, but we know for a fact they were killing a bunch of animals
Easier time sure, I’m pushing back on your “without hesitation” claim. Lots of recorded cultures have valued respecting nature and not killing or taking needlessly.
Only animals worse than humans are mosquitoes
Why would god design the human hand to fit so perfectly around the throat of a goose?
Geese can take the heat of a lone human in melee.
One goose held by the neck makes an excellent melee weapon
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No, they really can’t, but they would like everyone to think so.
Animals benefit from the tactical advantage that humans are generally uncomfortable with killing an animal with their bare hands, even if they’re being obnoxious.
Modern humans that is, our ancestors would have fucked a goose up bare handed without hesitation.
Kinda crazy to think how bones and blood were such a big part of daily life in the past
By “modern humans” do you mean “anatomically modern” or “21st century modern”? Because it’s not like we’ve just recently invented empathy and cuteness. People have been tolerating asshole animals for a very long time.
21st century modern, our relative “softness” is cultural.
From what we know about how people lived in the past, a human 30,000 years ago would have an easier time killing the goose. Both physically and mentally. They are of course still anatomically modern, just living very different lives with very different cultures.
Of course this is a bit of an assumption, but we know for a fact they were killing a bunch of animals
Easier time sure, I’m pushing back on your “without hesitation” claim. Lots of recorded cultures have valued respecting nature and not killing or taking needlessly.
Even about half of those are actually fine - it’s just the blood sucking females that I cannot love (I’m still talking about mosquitoes).
Only good mosquitoes are Toxorhynchites. Gotta love midges that can’t suck blood and instead eat the larva of other mosquitoes.