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gard3nwitch t1_j66ijld wrote

Videos of this duo get posted a lot. IIRC, the zoo had a lonely lynx cub and they got it a stray cat as a companion, and now the lynx is grown and they're BFFs. Like how zoos that have 1 cheetah will get it a golden retriever for companionship.

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NotBlazeron t1_j673pa1 wrote

Getting a dog to fix loneliness only helps a little

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Novawurmson t1_j67vfbq wrote

Works even better for cheetahs than humans. It's not the loneliness (they raise cheetahs in groups); it's that the cheetahs partially base their stress on the rest of their group. The golden retrievers are living the life (food, exercise, constant cheetah, dog, and human companionship) and are lower stress to begin with.

Interesting, this is also a thing in raising fish. Some skittish fish do better if there's chill, schooling fish around. If the schooling fish aren't hiding, that likely means no predators are around, so the skittish fish can relax.

Edit: As several people have pointed out, the fish are called dither fish. I haven't raised fish in a while and had forgotten the term.

Edit2: I also didn't know the piece about it reducing aggression. I didn't really raise territorial fish like cichlids, so that's cool.

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ma2412 t1_j67wqrr wrote

Hm, not so different from us then.

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asteriskysituation t1_j68b346 wrote

Aquarium hobbiests call those “dither fish” because of their behavior of “dithering” back and forth, it’s also helpful to displace aggressive fish behaviors as a kind of “distraction”

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Sunsent_Samsparilla t1_j68k3nm wrote

Makes sense. It's like a pro and a noob playing a game together. If the pro doesn't seem worried the noob wmwont be either.

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IFapToCalamity t1_j674rv6 wrote

You good bud?

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NotBlazeron t1_j67j81w wrote

I'll be okay

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SugarPantsJiff t1_j67wqpz wrote

"I'll be okay at some point in the future" is very different than "I'm okay right now". Sometimes the only thing you can do is to cling to the desperate faith that someday it will get better. But it gets really hard to keep believing that

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soopirV t1_j67cgdp wrote

Just need more dogs

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goliathfasa t1_j67r5w8 wrote

Good… twice the dogs… double the fall.

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Devai97 t1_j683y4q wrote

This is getting out of hand! Now, there are two of them

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handsomehares t1_j68dr0l wrote

The dog won’t fix loneliness.

But it will get you out of bed in the morning and get you out of the house for walks.

Loneliness is often exacerbated by the things loneliness brings on.

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deenut t1_j67zk28 wrote

Getting a golden is more effective than just any Dog!

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supcoco t1_j686pkh wrote

I wish mods would make a rule about karma farming reposts. I’ve seen this so many times with misleading caption constantly.

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johnmarik t1_j68guup wrote

I get the people hating reposts thing but at the same time I've been on reddit forever and have never seen this so I'm glad it came up.

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supcoco t1_j68lpvl wrote

The video is super cute! But…Unfortunately title is misleading and inaccurate.

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Exhumedatbirth76 t1_j68c2b2 wrote

I wish I understood karma farmin...like if I get a lot of karma do I win some sort of reddit prize?

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supcoco t1_j68llmm wrote

From what I’ve read on here, you can sell those accounts or something. So your prize is money I guess

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kimwim43 t1_j68msvy wrote

I wish mods would make a rule about people complaining about reposts.

I've never seen this before, and I'm glad it was posted. It brought a smile to my face this morning, I've been sick for 2 weeks, and this is the first time I've smiled in all that time.

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GalleonStar t1_j6alt80 wrote

The issue is you're being lied to. The cat was intentionally put there to be a companion. They were raised together.

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transboymeetsworld t1_j68mx7h wrote

I thought I saw this duo as mother/child relationship, where the lynx was abandoned as a cub and so the cat fostered them. I’m not entirely sure though 🤷🏻‍♂️

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nothinghurtslike t1_j6grc43 wrote

Someone brings this up when pics or videos of these two are posted, but it's not right.
The lynx baby with adult cat foster mom are a different pair, this lynx and cat were put together by the zoo when they were both little.

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transboymeetsworld t1_j6hgsob wrote

Oh cool! I didn’t know that, I just looked it up and you’re right—totally different pair. Thank you!

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