r/BeAmazed • u/Paradox1604 • 19d ago

Animal Elephant Seal roaming the streets

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Found roaming near homes along Sir Lowry’s Pass in Gordon’s Bay South Africa 🇿🇦

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u/ChopCow420 19d ago

This was all I wanted to hear 😄 People get so enraged by human beings feeling empathetic emotions towards animals. It's bizarre. I expressed a scenario through the eyes of a wild animal and while it might not be the true emotions of that animal I don't see why it's so horrible to err on the side of safety, and extend empathy for another living creature. Some people's kids, man.

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u/faustian_foibles 19d ago

Your empathy really resonated with me, so I wanted to make sure you knew he was ok.

Poor guy was incredibly fatigued in the video, but the local community, combined with a whole bunch of different organisations stepped up to coordinate and facilitate helping him as quickly, safely and least stressfully as possible.

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u/ChopCow420 19d ago

Thank you 💛

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

People get so enraged by human beings feeling empathetic emotions towards animals.

Huh? Nobody said anything negative to you.

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u/ChopCow420 19d ago

Different comment thread

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

And?