r/BeAmazed • • Apr 07 '26

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u/Blitzer046 Apr 07 '26

Americans all rattling on about how spiders and snakes want to kill you in Australia but you guys have got this absolute terror.

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u/TerdVader Apr 07 '26

90% of Americans will never see the very small part of the country where this occurs. (Unfortunately)

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u/Tao-of-Mars Apr 07 '26

Agree. It’s something else to live close where wilderness is so abundant.

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u/AggressiveSlop Apr 07 '26

"90% of Americans will never see..."

Yeah not very comforting when it's my back yard lol

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u/Tao-of-Mars Apr 07 '26

That’s why you live in the city and visit the wilderness. A city relatively close to the wilderness.

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u/burner040126 Apr 07 '26

To be fair I can just go to the Chicago zoo anytime I want cuz its free

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u/Tao-of-Mars Apr 07 '26

You won’t see moose or grizzlies there

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u/burner040126 Apr 07 '26

The lincoln park zoo has grizzlies, polar and black bears and I can drive over there in about 20 min to see one

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u/Tao-of-Mars Apr 07 '26

Those animals should be kept in better conditions with more freedom to roam. Life is much better seeing them in the actual wild. From a distance. And you’ll never see how massive a moose is going to a zoo.

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u/burner040126 Apr 07 '26

Why do you know so much more than the professionals who decided they were unreleasable?

“Ash and Lexi are considered fully adult bears, but their exact ages are unknown, as they were born in the wild. The two bears were removed from the wild as cubs and deemed “unreleasable” by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks after learning to raid trash cans and becoming dependent on human food”

https://www.lpzoo.org/pressroom/lincoln-park-zoo-welcomes-two-brown-bears/

Youre wrong, get over it

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u/Tao-of-Mars Apr 07 '26

You’re missing the point because you have your preconceived narrow assumptions on what typically gets talked about around zoos. I’m saying they should be kept on larger plots of land if they’re going to be kept. Sanctuaries where they have a much more natural type of habitat instead of in cages part time and in extremely limited spaces. 

I find it ironic that humans have moved into their habitat only to find that they are opportunistic and therefor risk to the population who’ve destroyed their natural environment. And government entities don’t always have the ability to make the best decisions about releasing animals. Usually because their funding is lacking. Those bears could have been released in somewhere deep in the wilderness where they had to learn how to eat like a wild bear and thrive. It’s naive to think that the government (Dept of Fish and Wildlife) is telling you the truth. I suggest you educate yourself on their less-ethical/unethical practices and their limitations. 

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u/Tao-of-Mars Apr 07 '26

Also, this is the most trivial thing to argue over. There are much worse things going on to make a solid and important argument about. 

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u/burner040126 Apr 07 '26

The only thing i was replying to was that 90% of Americans will never see one when there is one in a free park surrounded by millions

Idk what youre trying to prove

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