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  • You need to really consider how significant the difference is between intention and action in this regard. A hunter ‘intends’ to get the best animal they encounter. In the wild, Prime animals will not give them the opportunity. Even getting the biggest animal they’ve ever heard of isn’t necessarily the ‘best’ one out there. Being so large it is likely old, and past its prime. You’re basically arguing against a definition. By being culled it is, by definition, not good enough.

    This is first year ecology stuff. You are arguing with feelings instead of looking at the harsh realities involved. Audit a first year biology class if you want your concerns to be taken seriously.



  • Unless they specifically hunt the weakest and sickest and oldest kangaroos

    They do. IRL the animals that get culled are those that were too weak, slow, or careless to avoid getting got. Hunting in the wild (whether done by humans or animals) has this feature innately, like it or not.

    Frankly OP’s wall of text is deeply ignorant of the realities involved. The only argument that holds water without a simple ‘citation needed’ rebuttle is his first point regarding individual rights. Even then, we knowingly set aside that concern to prioritize the survival of the species.




  • Sorry mate, but any first year biology student learns that the higher up the food chain the more concentrated the heavy metals are. Take Tuna. As free range as you can get but it is advised to minimize consumption, particularly when pregnant, due to the high mercury content.

    While lifestyle does affect palatability of the meat (Bear near the dump always tastes ‘off’) it is more a question of ‘what’ is being bioaccumulated, not ‘if’. In your example scavengers are bioaccumulating pesticides and preservatives, whereas the successful predator accumulates all the heavy metals its prey, and their prey, and their prey (repeat until the bottom of the tree) consumed.

    You can’t get around it. All high level predators have shitty meat, whether it tastes bad or not.






  • My favourite technique learnt during Lifeguard training was The Eggbeater. Basically picture yourself sitting in a kitchen chair but whirling your lower legs in opposite directions. You do this very loosely and slowly. It allows you to tread water while leaving your hands free. You ‘can’ use your hands by slowly sweeping your arms out wide forwards and backwards but this is only to reduce the workload so that you can very easily stay afloat with minimal effort (without floation devices).

    The same technique can propel you on your back by simply leaning back a bit. It is good because it uses different muscles than typical flutter kicking etc. so you can switch it up if you get tired.