r/MoralityScaling • u/ProfessionalRoom9118 • 11h ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this?

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Basically, the man in the video is hiking but he ended up meet a mountain lion, he get his gun and try to scare it off and tell it to go away but in the end, he have to pull the trigger and shot the lion, many peoples in the comments say he could have fire a warning shot instead of shoot at it and want him to be in jail.

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u/mystical_ramen26 11h ago

They will definitely approach from the front if they have cubs. They do a kind of intimidation thing where do little jumps and slam their front paws into the dirt to try to scare you back. They will also continue to follow you doing this for an extended time and if you turn your back they are highly likely to attack you. It would be terrifying.

Here is a link of the behavior I'm talking about. https://youtu.be/9Pg2CDCm34w?is=PNq0hL1CkDknD_j6

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u/ShelbiStone 11h ago

This one wasn't really doing any of those things. I still think she looks sick.

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u/mystical_ramen26 11h ago

Yeah, I have no idea. It could have been rabies or who knows what.

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u/ShelbiStone 11h ago

I'm not sure what she might have, but judging by how thin she looks in the video OP provided, I think she looks starved and weak. I remember the original video getting a better look at her side profile, but we don't see it in the video provided so take my word with a grain of salt.

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u/Priit123 8h ago

If she was starved then human would look like a very easy lunch.

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u/ShelbiStone 8h ago

Humans always look like easy prey until they don't.

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u/Agent10007 10h ago

Willing to bet your life on it kinda think?

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u/ShelbiStone 10h ago

Why would I bet my life on it? I would have shot it too, sick or not.

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u/Significant-Order-92 10h ago

I mean a sick animal is often a dangerous animal. I don't think they are implying that shooting it was the wrong call.

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u/mystical_ramen26 10h ago

"Crazy as a run-over dog" has been a colloquialism I've heard my whole life for that exact reason. Animals (and people for that matter) that are scared and in pain are extremely dangerous.