Guest Anonymous Posted November 27, 2003 Posted November 27, 2003 Is it just me or does anyone else find it REALLY annoying when funny video shows, they have animals that are crazy. I mean there was a hamster doing back flips off it's water bowl, which is a known "crazy" trait in some small animals, when they repeatly do the same thing. Like jumping off their water dish, but it's "cute" or "funny" on these types of shows. Or when little dogs growl and snap like freaky psychos at people trying to touch "their" owners, toys or whatever they are laying claim too. How is that cute? If it was a big dog, it would be a SERIOUS problem. Sorry but it just makes me so M A D! And why is it that pit bulls and Am Staffs are FUNNY and CUTE, and people "EWWW and AWWWW" on these shows, ALL the time. Pit bulls and Am Staffs skate boarding, hanging from trees, climbing trees, nursing baby deers and cows (Amazing Animal Videos), nursing parrots, chasing balloons, eating coconuts, tugging like manaics. Yet on the news we all scream KILLERS. Everything is so backwards! :drinking: :drinking: :drinking: :drinking: Quote
Holz_Boomer Posted November 27, 2003 Posted November 27, 2003 nono, i can totally see where ur coming from :D PLEASE, HOW BOUT U JOIN DOGO?! WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE U! :D :angel: Quote
abker17 Posted November 27, 2003 Posted November 27, 2003 I find some of those shows annoying too, especially Animal Planet's Funniest Animals show. It's really the host that annoys me, his jokes are so corny. :-? :x Quote
courtnek Posted November 27, 2003 Posted November 27, 2003 I agree. especially the part about thinking it's "cute" that small dogs are psychotic...... However, on the plus side, a lot of people watch those shows. Maybe seeing the Staffy's and the Pitt's doing "cute" things will change some of the nastier public opinion. I can only hope so.... and I cant stand Mario, either..... Quote
Queen Bitch Posted November 28, 2003 Posted November 28, 2003 I think I might be very distantly related to Matt Gallant...... As far as Planet's Funniest Animals goes, I watch it on mute so I don't have to listen to the bad jokes. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted November 28, 2003 Posted November 28, 2003 hillside napisał(a):I think I might be very distantly related to Matt Gallant...... As far as Planet's Funniest Animals goes, I watch it on mute so I don't have to listen to the bad jokes. How's that? Quote
Queen Bitch Posted November 28, 2003 Posted November 28, 2003 The last name, along with the pronunciation aren't very common. Most everybody with that last name is decended from a family on Prince Edward Island. It's not a for sure thing, but I may be very distantly related to him. Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted November 28, 2003 Posted November 28, 2003 Holz_Boomer napisał(a):nono, i can totally see where ur coming from :D PLEASE, HOW BOUT U JOIN DOGO?! WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE U! :D :angel: yes I agree Quote
iceyshiver21 Posted November 28, 2003 Posted November 28, 2003 Holz_Boomer napisał(a):nono, i can totally see where ur coming from :D PLEASE, HOW BOUT U JOIN DOGO?! WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE U! :D :angel: KEET AGREES!! Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted November 28, 2003 Posted November 28, 2003 I'm already a member, I just didn't feel like signing in! Quote
eric Posted November 28, 2003 Posted November 28, 2003 Its called "stereotypic behaviour", and is something than can occur in larger animals in captivity (polar bears, primates, elephants) as well as smaller animals such as rodents, racoons. Stereotypic behaviour is defined as an action that is repeated over and over again, that serves no purpose. It is always the result of captivity and is not seen in the wild, although the exact causes are unclear. Some people think that this type of behaviour starts off as a useful behaviour (trying to escape) but degenerates into mindless repetition. Others believe it is simply the result of boredom. Still some think that the animals actually go insane. There was some interesting research done recently with laboratory mice. This particular researcher recorded the actions of several white mice 24/7 and documented their stereotypic behaviour. One mouse had a cardboard tube in his cage and would spend the night running through the tube. One night, this mouse ran through the tube over 1000 times! Anyhow, what this fellow discovered is that the stereotypic behaviour was drastically reduced, or ceased althogether, when the mice were placed in "enriched" cages. These were much larger cages that had all sorts of interesting things for the mice to climb up, crawl into, explore, etc... The more "enriched" the cage, the less the behaviour. Mice put back into bare cages reverted to their old behaviours. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted November 29, 2003 Posted November 29, 2003 K napisał(a):So you want to give people the opportunity to say stuff abpout you posting as as "guest" then?..when even if you did not sign in you could use your name or initials HUH? Quote
Holz_Boomer Posted November 29, 2003 Posted November 29, 2003 yes K, Guest--please do sign in..it would minimize alot of confusion and then everyone could know who you are..please consider. Quote
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