geographicwild:.Photo by @jens_cullmann ‘No happy endings’ … Unfortunately for this unborn baby gems
geographicwild:.Photo by @jens_cullmann ‘No happy endings’ … Unfortunately for this unborn baby gemsbok his fate was sealed when his mum was tackled by a lion. The concept of ‘justice’ does not apply in nature. Kalahari #Wild #Lion #Ndutu #Nature #Wildlife #Kalahari #Lioness #Animals #Igs_Africa #Wildeyesa #Saveleopards #IgscWildlife #Earthcapture (at Kalahari)https://www.instagram.com/p/CBD4f7WsgcD/?igshid=1xit6lztkoegyThat’s kinda a stark anthropomorphic take now isn’t it? Some humans come along and make a dark caption like “there is no justice” because a couple of gemsbok were eaten?…Like why do humans personify themselves through herbivores? Why are carnivores always the bad guys and deliverer of wrong doing? Why do the sharks in animated films have to make a pledge to not eat the fish? Why does a full grown adult male lion in a movie about how each animal is part of the circle of life have to learn to eat bugs instead of the gazelle his father said was natural and right?“There is no justice” is the funniest thing I’ve read as a natural photography caption in a while. Justice is the “quality of being fair and reasonable”. What part of a lion eating a prey animal isn’t “fair or reasonable”?… -- source link
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