• deranger
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      5 months ago

      London-based animal welfare group World Animal Protection says cuddling koalas is cruel and is petitioning the state government for an outright ban. The group argues that studies show koalas are harmed “by the presence of visitors alone”, because people keep them awake longer than they would typically be in the wild, among other reasons. Koalas typically sleep about 20 hours a day.

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        5 months ago

        TIL I’m a koala! I also feel mentally harmed if I have to deal with people all day, instead of sleeping 20 hours a day.

        …or, maybe I’m just depressed?

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      5 months ago

      It’s a shitty bot that eliminates the most important part of a story on the regular and if I had my way, it wouldn’t be in this community.