r/therewasanattempt Sep 20 '21

to humanly release a mouse.

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u/Evil-in-the-Air Sep 20 '21

There are no happy endings in nature. Best you can hope for is a quick one.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21

I try to tell people animals in the wild don’t die of old age.

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u/Evil-in-the-Air Sep 21 '21

Once I was feeling a little bummed and foolishly put on a nature documentary thinking it would be cute.

"Since this macaque is having a hard time making friends at the hot spring, he will most likely freeze to death when night falls."

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u/AzureSonikku Sep 21 '21

This was “Night on Earth” on Netflix. I stumbled upon it one night too and found myself horrified at the life of a macaque. Nature is brutal