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cachukis

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1. I have been studying Frans de Wall for
Sun Oct 22, 2023, 09:13 AM
Oct 2023

sometime.
After listening to trump long before his election, I determined he was a person of vengeance. I opined to myself, that vengeance was a human construct. It came about with the evolution of human society as did the imagination of a supreme being.

I have been hunting to find examples of vengeance in higher thinking animals and while there are responses in tigers, elephants and apes of fatal responses to transgressors, my unscientific findings are that they are defensive more than predatory.

Chimpanzees that have murdered members of their tribe have immediately sought reconciliation. Their fatal actions were emotional rather than vengeful.

There is a case where a tiger sought out a person who had killed another tiger. I contend it was a chance to eliminate a potential killer rather than a vengeful response.

Zoos are opportunities to discover much about those who share our planet. When they become more than that, we have lost our way.

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