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and to think some people can, would and do in fact club these adorable little things to death, is beyond me.

I know of a native Canadian who is thinking of bashing the hell out of this lil guys skull. Go forth with a switch blade lil buddy.

Actually the cute ones with fluffy, soft, white fur don't produce good pelts. You need to let them age a bit. When they become ugly, mean, cod-eating seals that's when the moment is right! Bring me my club!>> ^EMPIRE:

and to think some people can, would and do in fact club these adorable little things to death, is beyond me.

Awww, that would make the cutest little warm hat.

>> ^Fusionaut:

Actually the cute ones with fluffy, soft, white fur don't produce good pelts. You need to let them age a bit. When they become ugly, mean, cod-eating seals that's when the moment is right! Bring me my club!>> ^EMPIRE:
and to think some people can, would and do in fact club these adorable little things to death, is beyond me.


I'm norwegian. I don't care about it's pelt-producing qualities; I just club it for fun.

Oh Man! that was excruciating to watch!
..couldn't "does not get clubbed" be added to the tags?

Damn, where's my club. Somebody needs to teach that little rodent a lesson.

CUTE! I will personally kill anyone who would club these little guys.

This thread just shows how terrible most people's thought processes are.

Seals are abundant, in absolutely no danger from a species point of view. The hunting of seals is not having a significant impact on the environment. They are cute. People defend them to the death.

Many types of sharks are endangered, play a vital role in the ecosystem. Many marine biologists feel that the overfishing of sharks is a large part of the reason why coral reefs are dying out. Nobody cares that they're being destroyed at a prodigious rate.

All true. Humans are irrational. If aliens could invade disguised as baby seals, kittens and teddy bears they'd take over in a week without firing a single death ray.




>> ^Drachen_Jager:

This thread just shows how terrible most people's thought processes are.
Seals are abundant, in absolutely no danger from a species point of view. The hunting of seals is not having a significant impact on the environment. They are cute. People defend them to the death.
Many types of sharks are endangered, play a vital role in the ecosystem. Many marine biologists feel that the overfishing of sharks is a large part of the reason why coral reefs are dying out. Nobody cares that they're being destroyed at a prodigious rate.

I want to club it. j/k

Cuteness=1/Competence




Girls, thats why I get confused and upset when you call me cute. Its not a compliment.

The problem with seal clubbing, for me, was never that they were being hunted. The problem was that they would have their skulls cracked and then be disemboweled while they were still alive and left there to die slowly, to be picked up later.

Also, I bet @Hybrid gets mauled by wild animals a lot.

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Exactly, if you're going to hunt, there's no need to draw the death out so long, that's just weird.

Never mind club it to death, I'd probably snuggle the life out of it. Still can't beat sloths and orangutans in cuteness for me though!

It's terrified. You can see it trying to hide.

I guess cows aren't cute enough?

Those clubs are designed to smash through the skull causing instant death. They don't work 100% of the time but they have been designed as the most humane method of killing the seals. They are not left to die or disembowelled alive. Not by hunters anyhow, by poachers maybe.

>> ^alien_concept:

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Exactly, if you're going to hunt, there's no need to draw the death out so long, that's just weird.
Never mind club it to death, I'd probably snuggle the life out of it. Still can't beat sloths and orangutans in cuteness for me though!

It's coming right for us!

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It's because we're mammals. All the love and affection we feel is a product of our need to pair-up, spawn and nurture our offspring. When we do meet ET - we may find that they laugh at our idea of love - if we haven't by then figured out its true nature.

For aliens, I can imagine love would be getting close to mathematical perfection - a near perfect sphere, a beautifully balanced equation, a well-thought-out proof.


>> ^quantumushroom:

All true. Humans are irrational. If aliens could invade disguised as baby seals, kittens and teddy bears they'd take over in a week without firing a single death ray.


>> ^Drachen_Jager:
This thread just shows how terrible most people's thought processes are.
Seals are abundant, in absolutely no danger from a species point of view. The hunting of seals is not having a significant impact on the environment. They are cute. People defend them to the death.
Many types of sharks are endangered, play a vital role in the ecosystem. Many marine biologists feel that the overfishing of sharks is a large part of the reason why coral reefs are dying out. Nobody cares that they're being destroyed at a prodigious rate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFS4zYWxzNA

>> ^dag:

It's because we're mammals. All the love and affection we feel is a product of our need to pair-up, spawn and nurture our offspring. When we do meet ET - we may find that they laugh at our idea of love - if we haven't by then figured out its true nature.
For aliens, I can imagine love would be getting close to mathematical perfection - a near perfect sphere, a beautifully balanced equation, a well-thought-out proof.

>> ^quantumushroom:
All true. Humans are irrational. If aliens could invade disguised as baby seals, kittens and teddy bears they'd take over in a week without firing a single death ray.


>> ^Drachen_Jager:
This thread just shows how terrible most people's thought processes are.
Seals are abundant, in absolutely no danger from a species point of view. The hunting of seals is not having a significant impact on the environment. They are cute. People defend them to the death.
Many types of sharks are endangered, play a vital role in the ecosystem. Many marine biologists feel that the overfishing of sharks is a large part of the reason why coral reefs are dying out. Nobody cares that they're being destroyed at a prodigious rate.




Civilization and what we think of as intelligence themselves are products of the ability and need to care for our tribe/family/offspring/whatever. Any ET will have gone through that stage in their own evolution, even if they've outgrown it by the time we run into them. You're not going to develop language, much less interstellar travel, with an animal that abandons its young and lives solitarily.

>> ^Drachen_Jager:

This thread just shows how terrible most people's thought processes are.
Seals are abundant, in absolutely no danger from a species point of view. The hunting of seals is not having a significant impact on the environment. They are cute. People defend them to the death.
Many types of sharks are endangered, play a vital role in the ecosystem. Many marine biologists feel that the overfishing of sharks is a large part of the reason why coral reefs are dying out. Nobody cares that they're being destroyed at a prodigious rate.


Well some animals are just better at the interview than other. I mean really I see it like this.

Interviewer, "What are you?"
Interviewee, "I'm an Otter."
Interviewer, "And what do you do?"
Interviewee, "I swim around all day and do cute little human things with my hands."
Interviewer, "Your free to go. Next!"

Interviewer, "And you are?"
Interviewee, "I'm a cow."
Interviewer, "Get on the bus."
Interviewee, "But I'm brown and have big eyes and"
Interviewer, "Your a baseball glove with a side of Tbone steak! Get on the bus!"



Yes I'm bored....

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I don't think you can make the assumption that nurturing parents are a prereq for civilization. You're being mammalist. >> ^direpickle:

>> ^dag:
It's because we're mammals. All the love and affection we feel is a product of our need to pair-up, spawn and nurture our offspring. When we do meet ET - we may find that they laugh at our idea of love - if we haven't by then figured out its true nature.
For aliens, I can imagine love would be getting close to mathematical perfection - a near perfect sphere, a beautifully balanced equation, a well-thought-out proof.

>> ^quantumushroom:
All true. Humans are irrational. If aliens could invade disguised as baby seals, kittens and teddy bears they'd take over in a week without firing a single death ray.


>> ^Drachen_Jager:
This thread just shows how terrible most people's thought processes are.
Seals are abundant, in absolutely no danger from a species point of view. The hunting of seals is not having a significant impact on the environment. They are cute. People defend them to the death.
Many types of sharks are endangered, play a vital role in the ecosystem. Many marine biologists feel that the overfishing of sharks is a large part of the reason why coral reefs are dying out. Nobody cares that they're being destroyed at a prodigious rate.



Civilization and what we think of as intelligence themselves are products of the ability and need to care for our tribe/family/offspring/whatever. Any ET will have gone through that stage in their own evolution, even if they've outgrown it by the time we run into them. You're not going to develop language, much less interstellar travel, with an animal that abandons its young and lives solitarily.

>> ^dag:

For aliens, I can imagine love would be getting close to mathematical perfection - a near perfect sphere, a beautifully balanced equation, a well-thought-out proof.


... a perfectly prepared Homo-Sapien Hypothalmus, seared in a lemon sauce with Fava Beans and a nice Chianti.

http://www.urdua.com/mazah_corner/funny_pictures/images/warranty_void_if_seal_is_broken.jpg

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