How are there so many videos, etc. of people interacting with bears peacefully even though they aren’t domesticated?
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Most animals aren’t interested in mauling you. Imagine you’re walking to Starbucks to get a coffee, minding your business, and then some literal alien starts harassing you. You have no idea why it’s making weird beep-boop noises, you have no idea what that flashing light is. Your first instinct is probably to get the fuck away from this thing, especially if you’ve never seen one before. That’s how most wild animals feel about humans.
Now, imagine it’s a year later. The aliens just kinda show up at times and you don’t really know why or how. Sometimes they give you money? Other times they try to get really, uncomfortably close to you – or even touch you. Maybe on a good day you just tolerate it, maybe on a bad day you don’t and you yell at one of them. Maybe one of them does something scary or rude, and you punch them in self-defense. Maybe one of them tries to stop you from entering Starbucks, and you *really* want your morning Frappuccino, and you punch them. Now you know how animals who live near humans feel.
Imagine you grew up with these aliens. You might tolerate them *better*, you might even love them in your own way, but you might also think “fuck these guys, I’m eating crackers in bed.” And then you punch them when they come in for the hundredth time and take away your crackers, or maybe when they poke you in the belly and that pisses you off, or maybe when someone’s eating steak and not sharing. Now you know how a tamed wild animal feels.
Or, maybe you’re just a super chill dude and you love your alien buddies! You’re willing to give them all the understanding and love in the world, they’re family to you. They give you food and massages. That doesn’t mean you can’t be in a scared or hurt or angry frame of mine and still punch someone, though. That’s what a domesticated animal feels.
And that’s why there’s a lot of videos, pics, etc of people interacting with non-domesticated animals peacefully, and why you should still leave the wild animals the fuck alone + be mindful of domesticated animals.
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