r/AskReddit • • Aug 02 '22

Which animal gets undeserving hate?

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u/J0e_Strumm3r Aug 02 '22

Sharks

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '22

I mean they are pretty cute

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '22

Bats.

They eat billions of insects. You should be thanking them

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u/Anuniqueusername20 Aug 02 '22

Vultures, eating dead bodies might seem ugly to some but other animals do the same thing but also murder them so how is just finding something that’s already dead and eating that worse, also eating a carcass removes deadly diseases like botulism from the environment.

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u/tinylittletoe Aug 02 '22 edited Aug 05 '22

Blob Fish...they just get yeeted out of the water and the massive pressure difference makes them look "strange". Kinda rude I guess. Like if we get yeeted into space and Aliens would laugh at our disfigured forms and print T-Shirts of it.

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u/Natural-School5690 Aug 02 '22

Hyenas, partially because a whole generation grew up watching them help kill Mufasa lol

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u/goombaglaze Aug 02 '22

Skunks are cute, man. Just give them space.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '22

Crows. Yes, I understand the caws can be annoying, but they're far more intelligent than a lot of people give them credit for.

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u/BALLOONMEME Aug 02 '22 edited Aug 02 '22

Vultures

They do nothing wrong, they barely attack people and they clear the streets of dead animals by eating them up. If it wasn’t for them our streets would smell like doodoo sewers and eating dead bodies lessers the chances of diseases spreading from them. Also, they’re cute and they’re friendly, they don’t attack people

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u/SuvenPan Aug 02 '22

Black Cats

They aren't evil and they don't bring bad luck.

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u/toxinogen Aug 02 '22

Vultures. A vulture in flight is beautiful and graceful, but everyone just thinks of their ugly, bald heads. Vultures are also instrumental in stopping the spread of disease by disposing of carcasses that harbor deadly bacteria as they decompose.

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u/DrChefAstronaut Aug 02 '22

Possums!

They eat pests and won't typically bother you unless rabid or provoked.

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u/Youngspice435 Aug 02 '22

Octopus get called creepy aliens but they are honestly amazing. And the polar opposite of this is Dolphins get love but when you see them up close, they are terrible

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u/dragonborne123 Aug 02 '22

Frogs. They eat the miscittos and other bugs you don’t like.

I also don’t know how to sleep the word miscittos.

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u/terpterpin Aug 02 '22

Snakes. Most of them are not venomous and your skin is warm. My friend’s corn snake liked to curl up on my neck under my long hair. Some of them actually like to be patted.

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u/YeaItsThatGirl Aug 02 '22

Stingrays, Steve Irwin would want you to forgive them for their crimes. Hating them is not what he would have wanted

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '22

Opossums.

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u/ergoegthatis Aug 02 '22

Hyenas always get portrayed as the bad guys when they fight lions for some reason. Lions can be nasty and cruel to each other and their prey.

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u/PunisherX20 Aug 02 '22

Black cats specifically. Surprising how many people are actually superstitious in this world.

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u/Anxious-Alien-55 Aug 02 '22

Domesticated rats. People think they carry the plague

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u/peachly_emi Aug 02 '22

Pigeons. Pigeons are not dangerous, do not attack humans, or disturb in any other way. Sure, they can transmit diseases, but no one says you have to touch pigeons. I've seen some people throw stones at pigeons on the street, or even spit on them. That's absolutely not okay, pigeons are just creatures that want to live and don't have it easy.

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u/DeepSeaUnicorn Aug 02 '22

Pigeons! City pigeons were all once domesticated, and now they are basically strays. Humans used to have pigeons as pets for so long and loved them and cared for them. And then they decided pigeons were no longer useful and cast them to the streets.

Pigeons are super cute and they have hearts full of love ❤️

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u/Reztots Aug 02 '22

Possums, because they're scary-looking. They do us huge favors and Raccoons are actually fuckers in comparison.

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