I'm really fond of the episode of The Tick where they're sending a monkey up into space and some comic book-y mishap happens up in the space pod which makes the monkey suddenly gain humanlike intelligence and the ability to speak...and he proceeds to scream and sputter at the NASA people, berating them for sending a monkey into space, and how pointless it was, and how uncomfortable and freaked out he was. Even though the overall tone was comic, they made the monkey's terror uncomfortably palpable before he got his intelligence augmented, and it was clear that the writer's position was distinctly anti-monkeys-in-space.
I think killing all those monkeys is really unforgivable; they're family, after all. Plus, the world doesn't exactly have monkeys to spare anymore (not that the abundance of dogs makes it any more right)...we ought to treasure and respect our monkeys.
What really gets me is the fear those animals must have gone through before they died. Heck, some dogs I've known can't even handle a car ride without trembling and getting sick all over the place. I hope they put the dogs and monkeys through some sort of preparatory training before they sent them up there, but still, ugh!
I think I remember that Tick episode. It was the first one I ever saw, but all what I remember is that monkey bit.
That's exactly it, it's the fear these animals must have felt that truly horrifies me. If it was just instantaneous death, well they had no way of knowing, but clearly these animals (whether primate or canine) had no idea what was going on.
I think killing all those monkeys is really unforgivable; they're family, after all. Plus, the world doesn't exactly have monkeys to spare anymore (not that the abundance of dogs makes it any more right)...we ought to treasure and respect our monkeys.
What really gets me is the fear those animals must have gone through before they died. Heck, some dogs I've known can't even handle a car ride without trembling and getting sick all over the place. I hope they put the dogs and monkeys through some sort of preparatory training before they sent them up there, but still, ugh!
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That's exactly it, it's the fear these animals must have felt that truly horrifies me. If it was just instantaneous death, well they had no way of knowing, but clearly these animals (whether primate or canine) had no idea what was going on.
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