• JohnnyFlapHoleSeed@lemmy.world
    46·
    16 days ago

    These goats always fascinated me. Like what the actual fuck? Why? Then when they eventually do make a mistake and fall they just like hop down the side of the mountain and/or tumble 100m they just hop right back up like nothing ever happened.

    • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
      41·
      16 days ago

      The razor’s edge of evolutionary advantage in predator/prey relationships makes for some pretty interesting scenarios.

    • nesc@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      22·
      16 days ago

      Most of the times they won’t hop right back up, I think, but these educational videos about animals target children so it won’t be such a good idea to show fucked up goats or other animals.

      • dbx12@programming.dev
        26·
        16 days ago

        Imagine you are an animal videographer and have to film dozens of goats falling to their death just to get one which miraculously survived.

      • Aeao@lemmy.world
        2·
        11 days ago

        I’m just imagining a kids show “this goat is climbing the cliff for salt. Oh no he fell. And he’s now impaled on that dead tree. That’s a a (I don’t know trees) trees! They are native to the region! Did you hear that squish? Let’s investigate. Oh it was these worming things falling! Those are what we call intestines and they help you eat yummy food! Now it calling for its brother and sisters with its last gurgling breath. Don’t you remember a time when you wanted to play with your siblings but they were too busy? Comment below! Now Mr. Vulture is coming to say hello! And he loves eyes! Not like the letter silly! It’s what you see from! Vultures love eyes!”

        Edit sorry I couldn’t help myself: this one is acting strange… let’s take a look! Oh its brain is full of these silly bent proteins. Look at the holes where they like to live! It’s called a prion disease! Can we all say spongiform encephalopathy?! Sound it out, you can do it!

  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    16 days ago

    I’m scared as fuck of heights but once in a while I torment myself watching videos of Alex Honnold, a freak of a human being who likes to do shit like free soloing El Cap. Watching him do crazy shit is actually kind of soothing, except for one time when he finished a climb on a slope like what these goats are on. It was basically like steps about 1" deep and a foot high; nothing to grab onto, he just had to stay leaned slightly in to the wall to keep from falling off. And I guess hope no wind sprung up. Just terrifying.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
      2·
      15 days ago

      I’ve done some climbing before (with ropes) and it’s kinda fun being in a slab like that where you can lean in and not always need to have a hand on the wall. But fuck that guy and no ropes. Even watching recorded videos of him doing things makes me incredibly nervous and uncomfortable. I don’t think we should be encouraging what he does the way we do.

      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        15 days ago

        It’s funny, I’ve watched Honnold rip on that guy. He (Honnold) considered climbing buildings to be way easier than cliff climbing because it’s basically the same move over and over again. But now Honnold is doing the same shit.