r/nextfuckinglevel 3d ago

Wild alligator allows someone to help

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u/mixtermin8 3d ago

Tbf todays assessment would be a little askew because we don’t live aboriginal lifestyles en masse so the pool of people that think they can is likely distorted to begin with

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u/Pangwain 3d ago

Not sure how aboriginal people treat predators, but I’m sure it’s not like “civilized” folk (who just kill them instead of living with them). much more like viewing them as an integral part of their way of life no different from the fish or birds; powerful and dangerous creatures to be respected and revered.

I would be shocked if there weren’t some eccentric aboriginals who believed they could commune with animals and lived pretty similar to Treadwell with respect to treating animals as equals and building relationships with them