I love how people call it natural when anyone but a human does something.
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2026
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I must have totally forgotten that I'm a Wolf. I've always thought that I'm a Human. Crazy. Good to know that now. But I want that Friedrich Merz pisses on all of them trees at the German Border, because thats how the natural way to mark ur territory just works. And everything from nature is always the perfect and correct bahaivor for everyone!
Exactly. Wolves are also one of the species that practice infanticide. Clearly there is no point in being better, and we should just replicate everything we see in nature.
Whenever someone makes an appeal to nature, you know you're in for a treat.
I pissed in my neighbor's garden, got his wife pregnant and then ripped apart his newborn with my bare teeth and now my neighbor just wanders in the communal parking lot. At first I felt like the bad guy but I feel a lot better now, because his wife snarls at him whenever he gets close to the house.
Sometimes life surprises you.
Turns out humans like borders too
Good to know that Humans are a Hivemind. Until now I acctually disliked borders. But I am a Human, and you say Humans like Borders. Man thanks for the Warning. I will be working on adapting the Hiveminds Opinion.
"Timberwolf Hivemind" is a damn good band name...
But we DO form similar social structures to that of wolf packs. The majority of human history has been one of tribadism
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Human communities have borders and territories though
Yes we are primitive animals indeed!
At the end of the day, yes we are.
Return to monkey.
Not just any. Bonobos.
Borders are trees covered in pee.
Sigh Unzip. If that's what I've got to do to carve out some space, then so be it!
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It really bothers me when people use "fear" and "respect" interchangeably. This borders on that.
wrong, there are no borders... so this cant border on anything
I know it's just a shitpost but it's so fucking stupid.
It's comparing a home to a country. Like arguing "If you're so against borders, I'll just come into your house at any time." No, fuckface, there's a difference between personal space and (what should be) public land.
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"Sorry sir, we have to deport you back to your impoverished, war-torn country, because wolves pee on trees".
Very compelling.
Excuse me but the trees get off on it why are we punishing our neighbors for a little harmful fun?
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Everybody is against borders until it is what they see as their land that is treaded on.
They overlap significantly. In addition to what's seen in the image, the wolves' territories will move around due to various conditions. There are no fixed lines that could be likened to states' borders, only vague areas that can be likened to respecting personal space. Compare the wolves' ranges with the white line indicating the national park border also seen in the image, which does not move around based on vibes.
Pretty sure their borders aren't made up of countries, taxes, and slavery.
and they aren't forcing other animals to comply and pay taxes for the maintenance of those borders
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Is this meant to be serious?
I hope not, it's pretty pathetic to try and compare animals or packs of animals having territories, with militarized borders and state appointed violence. I don't think that's what the OP is doing, but many other people in these comment absolutely are serious.
You know I've been having trouble with a mean outdoor neighbor cat. Even moose pee didn't scare that fucker away. Maybe I should give myself a uti then go eat some asparagus then go drink some beers and hold it afters so it gets really concentrated and then go let that burning foul probably should have gotten a catheter stream provide an olfactory anti-mean-kitten-defense (but signal to the nice kittens that they are welcome. It will totally work that way somehow) or I can just trap the mean cat, pop out her chip (although these owners...) then either take her to the only-killing shelter or on a midnight drive to see the turbine intakes at the local dam and if she makes her way back she's earned it.
uh...
you okay?
I just like yelling at clouds
Animals are more civilised than Israelis it seems
Not a hard bar to clear.
Ok, sounds like we don't have to put so much energy into policing them then.
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The top quote is refering to borders as a state construction. Nobody denies the existence of boundaries between things in general
I feel like OP is trying to use science to justify our current militarized borders and state appointed violence against the people who cross them. It's a terrible comparison because natural territory boundaries are nothing like that. No creature in the animal kingdom has crap like I.C.E. and Border Patrol.
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Am I allowed to immigrate across countries if I engage in a match of melee combat with the leader of said country and perform well? Murder optional.
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those aren't borders, those are territories arrived at by wolves interacting with each other and deciding to keep the peace. has nothing to do with formal borders imposed on us by states
has nothing to do with formal borders imposed on us by states
You mean the territories arrived at by entities who interact with each other and decide to keep the peace as an abstract representation of those residing within them?
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