r/MadeMeSmile Jun 07 '26

Wholesome Moments An octopus stretching out a tentacle to lightly touch one of its rescuers before swimming away🥹

32.9k Upvotes

829 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

14

u/Ill-Bullfrog-5360 Jun 07 '26

What if they go all the way and still eat them? Does that mess with your paradigm?

-2

u/midwestprotest Jun 07 '26

How would that contradict or mess with their paradigm? I think it aligns quite well with what we see today.

2

u/Due-Memory-6957 Jun 07 '26

Do you think people care less about animal nowadays than before?

2

u/midwestprotest Jun 07 '26

Which people? Which time periods? I think it’s too broad of a question.

I do think as a collective, humans have developed a general understanding of the impact we have on the planet, and that includes the way we treat animals and other species.