Spiders are underrated, I think. They really have been designed very well, and yet most people just squash them or feed them to snakes or something of the like
( Read more... )
Of course spiders are beautiful creatures. All creatures are beautiful in their own way. Even wolpertinges and duckbilled platypusses.
Some are more beautiful to our skewed perception, like butterflies or llamas, but they're all really worth looking at. I think I'll go to the menagerie today...
Oh, there's nothing at all wrong with platypusses. They're very good at being platypusses. Most people don't think them very beautiful, though, but merely extremely hilarious.
As for the bias about animals, I think we look at them from a human-shaped point of view: if traits they have remind of us certain traits humans could have or not, we like them or don't. Butterflies are colourful like sweet-smelling flowers, so we like them; llamas have fluffy wool, thin dainty legs and huge pretty eyes, so we like them. And some animal, like dogs and cats and horses, we like because they're so useful to us, and others we hate because we think they're not, like snkaes and bats and spiders.
Of course they are beautiful animals; all animals are beautiful in their own way. I'm going to the menagerie anyway today because I feel like painting llamas; I'll make sure to have a special look at the platypuses as well. Perhaps they're worth painting, too.
Snakes can be extremely beautiful, yes. But why do you find butterflies creepy? They are pretty and short-lived and very different from us, is all. A bit like you humans, actually.
Some are more beautiful to our skewed perception, like butterflies or llamas, but they're all really worth looking at. I think I'll go to the menagerie today...
Reply
Of course our perception is skewed, society has its bais, and we cannot but pick it up even subconciously.
Reply
As for the bias about animals, I think we look at them from a human-shaped point of view: if traits they have remind of us certain traits humans could have or not, we like them or don't. Butterflies are colourful like sweet-smelling flowers, so we like them; llamas have fluffy wool, thin dainty legs and huge pretty eyes, so we like them. And some animal, like dogs and cats and horses, we like because they're so useful to us, and others we hate because we think they're not, like snkaes and bats and spiders.
Reply
Butterflies are creepy, Ilamas are admittedly rather pretty, but snakes are also very beautiful creatures.
Reply
Snakes can be extremely beautiful, yes. But why do you find butterflies creepy? They are pretty and short-lived and very different from us, is all. A bit like you humans, actually.
Reply
Leave a comment