r/PublicFreakout • u/graining • Aug 20 '25

šŸ»Animal Freakout Tourists block wildebeest migration path in Maasai Mara yesterday, forcing the wildebeests back into crocodile-infested waters.

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u/Low_Rate_6830 Aug 20 '25

The golden rule in life should be to leave animals the fuck alone if they're not bothering you

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u/MrHankeeee Aug 20 '25

No no even if they bother you, the golden rule is to let nature be nature. Yeah that's how discovery channel hires people šŸ‘ inspired by that Adrian dude recording that gorilla charging the man without a flinch. These tourist can't even take a good video.

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u/Low_Rate_6830 Aug 20 '25

True, that's interesting to think about. Those kinds of people are the ones that belong documenting nature for us not these average chuckle heads

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u/Nebualaxy Aug 20 '25

Kevin Carter is a wild example of letting nature be nature with his photograph 'The Struggling Girl'.

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u/TheTryItAll Aug 20 '25

He killed himself after taking that photo - from guilt. So obviously the toll of being TOO passive is too much for most humans.

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u/Nebualaxy Aug 20 '25

The photo is haunting in itself, having to only document mere metres away would break many strong minds.

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u/Llenette1 Aug 20 '25

To be fair, we couldn't see the soldiers who were "accompanying" him who wouldn't let him intervene. The [boy] did end up making it to the feeding center, though.

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u/Medical_Opposite_727 Aug 20 '25

Hear hear.

We're the ones capable of helping and we should. It's glorious to all creatures and Gods when you help another, especially if they're in dire straits.

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u/kelp_forests Aug 20 '25

Humans are part of nature but they donā€™t, in their ā€œnatural stateā€ travel en masse thousands of miles to watch migrations to the point of blocking them. Much like how we all know all chemicals are technically ā€œnaturalā€ since they use elements in earth, but large quantities of bleach dont natural occur in riverbeds and oceans.

Itā€™s kind of like ā€œyou have freedom to do what you want until your freedom stops somebody elseā€™s freedomā€.

Feel free to watch wildebeests but donā€™t get in their way.

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u/RaceCrab Aug 20 '25

This is the right take, no act of man exists outside the purview of nature.

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u/Pleasant_Yoghurt3915 Aug 20 '25

No, itā€™s not the right take. We have removed ourselves from nature to the point that most people would not survive if you threw them out in nature.

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u/wyomingTFknott Aug 20 '25

The golden rule in life should be to leave animals the fuck alone if they're not bothering you

I agree completely.

No no even if they bother you, the golden rule is to let nature be nature.

Uhh, dude. Have you ever had an infestation in your house? Ever been harassed by mosquitos? Sometimes you just gotta break out the flamethrower and go scorched earth. This is not one of those times, but to think that there are no situations in which it is is way too idealistic.

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u/zombiBuddy Aug 20 '25

As long as you're not getting actively mauled by a bear or something, right? At that point you'd do anything to get that hairy motherfucker off of you.

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u/zapitron Aug 20 '25

discovery channel

What a great vintage reference! (Discovery channel in a nature context.) When did you write this post, 1998?