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Humans are very much out of place here


We like meat but we're terrible hunters. Compared to real predators like cats, we have slow reflexes, slow running speed, poor maneuverability, low strength-to-weight ratio, poor sense of smell, poor eyesight, no claws, no protruding snout, and no "fangs." So we make weapons or traps, and we raise livestock, which no animal has to do to in order to obtain its food in the wild.

On top of that, if we don't cook the meat we obtain we'll probably get sick unless it's very fresh. Not only do wild animals not have to do this, but the predators can even scavenge for carrion and it doesn't bother them in the least.

We can eat fruits, nuts, and vegetables in the wild but those aren't generally very plentiful, and some of them need to be cooked or else we won't be able to get much nutrition from them (any starchy thing similar to a potato for example; ironically, actual wild potatoes generally aren't even safe for humans to eat). We have practically zero survival instincts in the wild; we don't even have an instinct for what's safe to eat and what isn't. No animal has this problem.

And unlike true herbivores, we can't get sustenance from the most abundant types of vegetation, e.g., grasses, because the nutrients (such as protein) are locked away in cellulose which we can't digest.

It's as if finding something to eat has been made intentionally difficult for humans.

Then there's the matter of climate. We are only comfortable in a very small temperature range. So we make clothes and build shelters with artificial heating such as a fireplace, which no animal has to do. Here in Maine wild animals are fine without any clothes or artificial climate controls whether it's 30-below in January or 98 in the shade in August.

And of course, we are about a "zillion" times more intelligent than any animal. Just think about the mind-boggling technologies working together that allow people to post on this forum, to name one of countless examples.

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I've been questioning this ever since I heard of the 26-hour circadian rhythm(sleep cycle). As someone who hasn't followed a schedule for the past 15-20 years, it's very apparent to me, and very consistent. They try to call it a disorder, but I'm skeptical.

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YEAH...BUT WE KNOW HOW THE INTERNET WORKS.

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We are not out of place because humans are the apex predators of the world. With large brains, opposing thumbs, a power grip and use of tools and weapons there's no contest with other animals.

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Those things you listed make us extremely out of place. Those are all drastic differences between humans and animals.

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