How aggressive are we as a species ?

Not just to ourselves but to other species and the environment

Australian police deal with domestic violence every two minutes

So far today police in Australia would have dealt with on average
444 domestic violence matters

then there’s sexual abuse, financial abuse, emotional abuse, Gang violence and Wars etc

Tau.Neutrino said:

How aggressive are we as a species ?

Far less than any other primate. What sets humans apart is our ability to interact in large groups and maintain complex social structures, plus the ability to comminicate and express in language the reinforcement of communal and social values.

You could never get a fifty or a hundred chimps on a bus, all strangers to each other, to just sit quietly for an hour and mind their own business.

party_pants said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

How aggressive are we as a species ?

Far less than any other primate. What sets humans apart is our ability to interact in large groups and maintain complex social structures, plus the ability to comminicate and express in language the reinforcement of communal and social values.

You could never get a fifty or a hundred chimps on a bus, all strangers to each other, to just sit quietly for an hour and mind their own business.

Yes we have long bloody wars involving millions of people, we also have death camps and the holocaust, plus we refuse to take a look in the mirror. We have destroyed most of this plant and plundered its resources and have done so regardless of who lived there whether they be man or animal. And what do we have in our favour, apparently we can sit in a bus without killing each other. FFS wake up, we are NOT the sweet be harmless being. We are cruel, selfish and incredibly greedy and will kill and destroy any species that gets in our way.

I suppose when we are aggressive we’ve created tools and excuses to kill millions.
Inequality in its various forms causes much of human aggression and misery and humans just generally being nasty to each other because we can.
Our nurture leaves a lot to be desired at times, I bet most of the most violent people had a poor upbringing
The thing is human show the other side by coming together to help each other in times of need so we could do it all the time if we wanted

we don’t have an extreme gun culture

PermeateFree said:

party_pants said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

How aggressive are we as a species ?

Far less than any other primate. What sets humans apart is our ability to interact in large groups and maintain complex social structures, plus the ability to comminicate and express in language the reinforcement of communal and social values.

You could never get a fifty or a hundred chimps on a bus, all strangers to each other, to just sit quietly for an hour and mind their own business.

Yes we have long bloody wars involving millions of people, we also have death camps and the holocaust, plus we refuse to take a look in the mirror. We have destroyed most of this plant and plundered its resources and have done so regardless of who lived there whether they be man or animal. And what do we have in our favour, apparently we can sit in a bus without killing each other. FFS wake up, we are NOT the sweet be harmless being. We are cruel, selfish and incredibly greedy and will kill and destroy any species that gets in our way.

You’re telling me to wake up? You need to snap out of seeing everything in binary terms.

SCIENCE said:

we don’t have an extreme gun culture

Other countries do.

Some have very aggressive rifle associations and gun clubs.

Some countries have Trillion dollar military industries

party_pants said:

PermeateFree said:

party_pants said:

Far less than any other primate. What sets humans apart is our ability to interact in large groups and maintain complex social structures, plus the ability to comminicate and express in language the reinforcement of communal and social values.

You could never get a fifty or a hundred chimps on a bus, all strangers to each other, to just sit quietly for an hour and mind their own business.

Yes we have long bloody wars involving millions of people, we also have death camps and the holocaust, plus we refuse to take a look in the mirror. We have destroyed most of this plant and plundered its resources and have done so regardless of who lived there whether they be man or animal. And what do we have in our favour, apparently we can sit in a bus without killing each other. FFS wake up, we are NOT the sweet be harmless being. We are cruel, selfish and incredibly greedy and will kill and destroy any species that gets in our way.

You’re telling me to wake up? You need to snap out of seeing everything in binary terms.

You need to see the world as it is. You obviously forget we are on the verge of the sixth mass extinction and the death of billions. As guess what? It’s all due to us!

I suppose it could be a universal constant and the tool using civilisations builders are that way because they are aggressive and intelligent
If we find aliens and they aren’t that way and haven’t been that way then its just us that behaves poorly

Cymek said:

I suppose it could be a universal constant and the tool using civilisations builders are that way because they are aggressive and intelligent
If we find aliens and they aren’t that way and haven’t been that way then its just us that behaves poorly

I wonder what the least aggressive species are and how they deal with their environment?

Maybe we could learn something from them?

you need nuance the possible types of aggression, rather than negatively broad brush as a category

if you consider forcefulness for example, you’ll see there’s plenty of scope for gradings, or types, extending to a low tolerance of hostile aggression, for example

Aggressive corporations are a part of this problem as well.

Companies that sell cheap products that do not last long and need to be continually replaced.

Rather than making something that lasts longer.

This is very hostile to the environment and needs to be measured

Governments should identify environmentally hostile companies are start punishing them.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Aggressive corporations are a part of this problem as well.

Companies that sell cheap products that do not last long and need to be continually replaced.

Rather than making something that lasts longer.

This is very hostile to the environment and needs to be measured

Governments should identify environmentally hostile companies are start punishing them.

are = and

>Companies that sell cheap products that do not last long and need to be continually replaced

what about the tyres on your car?

you happy with them or what

transition said:

>Companies that sell cheap products that do not last long and need to be continually replaced

what about the tyres on your car?

you happy with them or what

Any Cheap Product.

I’m talking about products that last about three months.

Cheap clothing that rubs for example or shoes that fall apart etc.

If there are cheap tyre companiess that make cheap tyres that do not last long, then they too, should be on the list.

Tau.Neutrino said:

transition said:

>Companies that sell cheap products that do not last long and need to be continually replaced

what about the tyres on your car?

you happy with them or what

Any Cheap Product.

I’m talking about products that last about three months.

Cheap clothing that rubs for example or shoes that fall apart etc.

If there are cheap tyre companiess that make cheap tyres that do not last long, then they too, should be on the list.

maybe they think it’s only violence if it’s physical

Maybe we need an environmental friendly label on all products that last longer

and environmentally hostile rating for cheap products that don’t.

SCIENCE said:

maybe they think it’s only violence if it’s physical

There is also emotional violence, financial violence.

Those are hard to see.

Animal violence lots of that goes on as well.

transition said:

you need nuance the possible types of aggression, rather than negatively broad brush as a category

The nuanced approach is that humans suppress violence within in-groups, and tend to express it towards outsiders, be it other groups of human or other species. The trajectory of human development has been towards larger and larger in-groups within which violence is suppressed. That is not to say it is absent, take domestic violence in your earlier example, it happens but we have police force who will attend if called and attempt to diffuse or suppress it.

party_pants said:

transition said:

you need nuance the possible types of aggression, rather than negatively broad brush as a category

The nuanced approach is that humans suppress violence within in-groups, and tend to express it towards outsiders, be it other groups of human or other species. The trajectory of human development has been towards larger and larger in-groups within which violence is suppressed. That is not to say it is absent, take domestic violence in your earlier example, it happens but we have police force who will attend if called and attempt to diffuse or suppress it.

DV is also closely linked with poverty, substance abuse and marginalisation

transition said:

you need nuance the possible types of aggression, rather than negatively broad brush as a category

if you consider forcefulness for example, you’ll see there’s plenty of scope for gradings, or types, extending to a low tolerance of hostile aggression, for example

yes there many types of aggression

emotional violence
financial violence
sexual violence
animal violence
physical violence
property destruction
environment destruction
sexism is a form of violence
racism is a form of violence
discrimination is a form of violence
gang violence
terrorism
wars

and others

party_pants said:

transition said:

you need nuance the possible types of aggression, rather than negatively broad brush as a category

The nuanced approach is that humans suppress violence within in-groups, and tend to express it towards outsiders, be it other groups of human or other species. The trajectory of human development has been towards larger and larger in-groups within which violence is suppressed. That is not to say it is absent, take domestic violence in your earlier example, it happens but we have police force who will attend if called and attempt to diffuse or suppress it.

I feel reassured by your comments and feel sure it also applies in black South Africa, South America and numerous other poverty stricken countries and communities.

Cymek said:

party_pants said:

transition said:

you need nuance the possible types of aggression, rather than negatively broad brush as a category

The nuanced approach is that humans suppress violence within in-groups, and tend to express it towards outsiders, be it other groups of human or other species. The trajectory of human development has been towards larger and larger in-groups within which violence is suppressed. That is not to say it is absent, take domestic violence in your earlier example, it happens but we have police force who will attend if called and attempt to diffuse or suppress it.

DV is also closely linked with poverty, substance abuse and marginalisation

Those are good examples.

l will add those ones to the list.

ypes of aggression

emotional violence
financial violence
sexual violence
animal violence
physical violence
property destruction
environment destruction
sexism is a form of violence
racism is a form of violence
discrimination is a form of violence
gang violence
terrorism
wars
poverty
substance abuse
marginalisation
political violence
social violence
bullying
peer violence
child violence malnutrition and neglect

Types of aggression

emotional violence
financial violence
sexual violence
animal violence
physical violence
property destruction
environment destruction
sexism is a form of violence
racism is a form of violence
discrimination is a form of violence
gang violence
terrorism
wars
poverty
substance abuse
marginalisation
political violence
social violence
bullying
peer violence
child violence malnutrition and neglect
Violence against the elderly
Cultural/ Identity.
targeted violence assassinations
mass shootings
self harm, self directed violence
Interpersonal violence
collective violence
Suicide and suicide murder Parent/s killing themselves and their children
Mental/Psychological violence

Tau.Neutrino said:

Types of aggression

emotional violence
financial violence
sexual violence
animal violence
physical violence
property destruction
environment destruction
sexism is a form of violence
racism is a form of violence
discrimination is a form of violence
gang violence
terrorism
wars
poverty
substance abuse
marginalisation
political violence
social violence
bullying
peer violence
child violence malnutrition and neglect
Violence against the elderly
Cultural/ Identity.
targeted violence assassinations
mass shootings
self harm, self directed violence
Interpersonal violence
collective violence
Suicide and suicide murder Parent/s killing themselves and their children
Mental/Psychological violence

Don’t forget atmospheric violence.

atmospheric violence = environment destruction

or do we need a subset ?

Types of aggression

emotional violence
financial violence
sexual violence
animal violence
physical violence
property destruction
environment destruction
sexism is a form of violence
racism is a form of violence
discrimination is a form of violence
gang violence
terrorism
wars
poverty
substance abuse
marginalisation
political violence
social violence
bullying
peer violence
child violence malnutrition and neglect
Violence against the elderly
Cultural/ Identity.
targeted violence assassinations
mass shootings
self harm, self directed violence
Interpersonal violence
collective violence
Suicide and suicide murder Parent/s killing themselves and their children
Mental/Psychological violence
Corporate violence against people
Corporate violence against the the environment (CHEAP PRODUCTS)

party_pants said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Types of aggression

emotional violence
financial violence
sexual violence
animal violence
physical violence
property destruction
environment destruction
sexism is a form of violence
racism is a form of violence
discrimination is a form of violence
gang violence
terrorism
wars
poverty
substance abuse
marginalisation
political violence
social violence
bullying
peer violence
child violence malnutrition and neglect
Violence against the elderly
Cultural/ Identity.
targeted violence assassinations
mass shootings
self harm, self directed violence
Interpersonal violence
collective violence
Suicide and suicide murder Parent/s killing themselves and their children
Mental/Psychological violence

Don’t forget atmospheric violence.

Ocean destruction, land destruction and atmospheric destruction

PermeateFree said:

party_pants said:

transition said:

you need nuance the possible types of aggression, rather than negatively broad brush as a category

The nuanced approach is that humans suppress violence within in-groups, and tend to express it towards outsiders, be it other groups of human or other species. The trajectory of human development has been towards larger and larger in-groups within which violence is suppressed. That is not to say it is absent, take domestic violence in your earlier example, it happens but we have police force who will attend if called and attempt to diffuse or suppress it.

I feel reassured by your comments and feel sure it also applies in black South Africa, South America and numerous other poverty stricken countries and communities.

If most violence is related to nurture, inequality, greed, ignorance, fear, etc then much of it can be gotten rid off with change, not easy but it can be done.
If its nature then we may need to tweak our genome to be less aggressive (how I don’t now) and also if so how would this less aggressive species even survive.

Types of aggression

emotional violence
financial violence
sexual violence
animal violence
physical violence
property destruction
environment destruction ( Land, Ocean and atmospheric)
sexism is a form of violence
racism is a form of violence
discrimination is a form of violence
gang violence
terrorism
wars
poverty
substance abuse
marginalisation
political violence
social violence
bullying
peer violence
child violence malnutrition and neglect
Violence against the elderly
Cultural/ Identity.
targeted violence assassinations
mass shootings
self harm, self directed violence
Interpersonal violence
collective violence
Suicide and suicide murder Parent/s killing themselves and their children
Mental/Psychological violence
Corporate violence against people
Corporate violence against the the environment (CHEAP PRODUCTS)

Cymek said:

PermeateFree said:

party_pants said:

The nuanced approach is that humans suppress violence within in-groups, and tend to express it towards outsiders, be it other groups of human or other species. The trajectory of human development has been towards larger and larger in-groups within which violence is suppressed. That is not to say it is absent, take domestic violence in your earlier example, it happens but we have police force who will attend if called and attempt to diffuse or suppress it.

I feel reassured by your comments and feel sure it also applies in black South Africa, South America and numerous other poverty stricken countries and communities.

If most violence is related to nurture, inequality, greed, ignorance, fear, etc then much of it can be gotten rid off with change, not easy but it can be done.
If its nature then we may need to tweak our genome to be less aggressive (how I don’t now) and also if so how would this less aggressive species even survive.

This certainly needs to be researched more.

We seem to be pessimists on this forum so perhaps have negative slant to our views so I do wonder what percentage of humans are out rightly aggressive and are they a minority.
We also don’t seem to have realised that violence only begets more violence, not just immediately but possibly generations later as those the violence was instigated against pass the justified ? hatred onto their offspring (cultural/racial hatreds stemming from wars for example) and the entire circle repeats.

Cymek said:

PermeateFree said:

party_pants said:

The nuanced approach is that humans suppress violence within in-groups, and tend to express it towards outsiders, be it other groups of human or other species. The trajectory of human development has been towards larger and larger in-groups within which violence is suppressed. That is not to say it is absent, take domestic violence in your earlier example, it happens but we have police force who will attend if called and attempt to diffuse or suppress it.

I feel reassured by your comments and feel sure it also applies in black South Africa, South America and numerous other poverty stricken countries and communities.

If most violence is related to nurture, inequality, greed, ignorance, fear, etc then much of it can be gotten rid off with change, not easy but it can be done.
If its nature then we may need to tweak our genome to be less aggressive (how I don’t now) and also if so how would this less aggressive species even survive.

1 in a 100 people is estimated to be a Sociopaths, ie someone whose only concern is self interest, lacks empathy and does not have a conscience. These are not criminals, but live with us and being highly manipulative and socially acceptable can usually influence people to do as they wish to benefit themselves. There are vast numbers of others with serve mental problems and as many variations of these as there are people. So I would say to sway people to your way of thinking has zero prospects.

Cymek said:

We also don’t seem to have realised that violence only begets more violence, so I do wonder what percentage of humans are out rightly aggressive and are they a minority.
We also don’t seem to have realised that violence only begets more violence, not just immediately but possibly generations later as those the violence was instigated against pass the justified ? hatred onto their offspring (cultural/racial hatreds stemming from wars for example) and the entire circle repeats.

>>>We also don’t seem to have realised that violence only begets more violence,
True

>>>We also don’t seem to have realised that violence only begets more violence,

True revenge and hatred are a strong part of this

Generational – Parents passing on hatred

Cultural – Media and social groups passing around revenge and hatred.

How to reduce it

Education K1 to K12 on emotional awareness and control would help to reduce it

Life eduction on rejection and jealousy would help reduce interpersonal violence.

Social science should be expanded to include everything in the list.

Tau.Neutrino said:

atmospheric violence = environment destruction

or do we need a subset ?

I meant farting in a confined space.

:p

party_pants said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

atmospheric violence = environment destruction

or do we need a subset ?

I meant farting in a confined space.

:p

Definitely interpersonal aggression.

About average for a scavenger, I suppose. Scaverage.

Cymek said:

party_pants said:

transition said:

you need nuance the possible types of aggression, rather than negatively broad brush as a category

The nuanced approach is that humans suppress violence within in-groups, and tend to express it towards outsiders, be it other groups of human or other species. The trajectory of human development has been towards larger and larger in-groups within which violence is suppressed. That is not to say it is absent, take domestic violence in your earlier example, it happens but we have police force who will attend if called and attempt to diffuse or suppress it.

DV is also closely linked with poverty, substance abuse and marginalisation

He’s certainly a rascal…

Looks rather like humanity today.

https://i.imgur.com/9vYJTIv.mp4

PermeateFree said:

Looks rather like humanity today.

https://i.imgur.com/9vYJTIv.mp4

Evolving trash

Wonder if it will ever happen one day

Make a good SF story

Probably already been done

Lots of trash movies

Tau.Neutrino said:

PermeateFree said:

Looks rather like humanity today.

https://i.imgur.com/9vYJTIv.mp4

Evolving trash

Wonder if it will ever happen one day

Make a good SF story

Probably already been done

Lots of trash movies

But as a sculpture or moving kinetic sculpture, it works for me, it has a message.

> How aggressive are we as a species ?

Incredibly low today compared with 40,000 years ago, or even 2,000 years ago, or even 100 years ago.

Really, incredibly low aggressiveness on just about every scale when compared to other species.

That could change.

mollwollfumble said:

> How aggressive are we as a species ?

Incredibly low today compared with 40,000 years ago, or even 2,000 years ago, or even 100 years ago.

Really, incredibly low aggressiveness on just about every scale when compared to other species.

Even the sea sponge?

mollwollfumble said:

> How aggressive are we as a species ?

Incredibly low today compared with 40,000 years ago, or even 2,000 years ago, or even 100 years ago.

Really, incredibly low aggressiveness on just about every scale when compared to other species.

That could change.

Don’t worry, we are now only 100 seconds to midnight.

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

> How aggressive are we as a species ?

Incredibly low today compared with 40,000 years ago, or even 2,000 years ago, or even 100 years ago.

Really, incredibly low aggressiveness on just about every scale when compared to other species.

Even the sea sponge?

Sea sponge – as distant as you can get on the metazoa scale. I don’t know.

Even the starfish, sea urchin, mollusc, crustacean.

Tau.Neutrino said:

How aggressive are we as a species ?

Not just to ourselves but to other species and the environment

Australian police deal with domestic violence every two minutes

So far today police in Australia would have dealt with on average
444 domestic violence matters

then there’s sexual abuse, financial abuse, emotional abuse, Gang violence and Wars etc

Yar, we’re a plague upon the planet. /-:

This from a TED Talk :Ideas Worth Sharing
A Series of 18 minute mini lectures on diverse topics: ENJOY

What animals are thinking and feeling, and why it should matter

| Carl Safina | TEDxMidAtlantic

Ogmog said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

How aggressive are we as a species ?

Not just to ourselves but to other species and the environment

Australian police deal with domestic violence every two minutes

So far today police in Australia would have dealt with on average
444 domestic violence matters

then there’s sexual abuse, financial abuse, emotional abuse, Gang violence and Wars etc

Yar, we’re a plague upon the planet. /-:

This from a TED Talk :Ideas Worth Sharing
A Series of 18 minute mini lectures on diverse topics: ENJOY

What animals are thinking and feeling, and why it should matter

| Carl Safina | TEDxMidAtlantic

watching that

transition said:

Ogmog said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

How aggressive are we as a species ?

Not just to ourselves but to other species and the environment

Australian police deal with domestic violence every two minutes

So far today police in Australia would have dealt with on average
444 domestic violence matters

then there’s sexual abuse, financial abuse, emotional abuse, Gang violence and Wars etc

Yar, we’re a plague upon the planet. /-:

This from a TED Talk :Ideas Worth Sharing
A Series of 18 minute mini lectures on diverse topics: ENJOY

What animals are thinking and feeling, and why it should matter

| Carl Safina | TEDxMidAtlantic

watching that

Very enlightening. If only we could get the Big Companies and Government Ministers to watch it too.

Aggressive and less aggressive toothed cetaceans.

Very aggressive – sporting scars from literally 100 violent battles

• Risso’s dolphin

Highly aggressive – almost always heavily scarred from battles between individuals

• Sperm whale
• Narwhal
• Beaked whales (17 of 20 species)
• Pygmy killer whale
• Short-finned pilot whale
• Long-finned pilot whale
• Bottlenose dolphin
• Boto
• Franciscana

Aggressive – some scarring from battles between individuals

• Dwarf sperm whale
• Lesser beaked whale
• Sowerby’s beaked whale
• Lesser beaked whale
• Melon-headed whale
• Tucuxi
• Atlantic humpback dolphin
• Rough-toothed dolphin
• Atlantic white-sided dolphin
• White-beaked dolphin
• Vaquita
• Burmeister’s porpoise

Relatively unaggressive

• Pygmy sperm whale
• Beluga
• Killer whale
• False killer whale
• Beaked oceanic dolphins (8 of 13 species)
• Oceanic dolphins without beaks (10 of 13 species)
• River dolphins (2 of 4 species)
• Porpoises (4 of 6 species)

Humans fit in the “relatively unaggressive” class. The same as killer whales.

mollwollfumble said:

Aggressive and less aggressive toothed cetaceans.

Very aggressive – sporting scars from literally 100 violent battles

• Risso’s dolphin

Highly aggressive – almost always heavily scarred from battles between individuals

• Sperm whale
• Narwhal
• Beaked whales (17 of 20 species)
• Pygmy killer whale
• Short-finned pilot whale
• Long-finned pilot whale
• Bottlenose dolphin
• Boto
• Franciscana

Aggressive – some scarring from battles between individuals

• Dwarf sperm whale
• Lesser beaked whale
• Sowerby’s beaked whale
• Lesser beaked whale
• Melon-headed whale
• Tucuxi
• Atlantic humpback dolphin
• Rough-toothed dolphin
• Atlantic white-sided dolphin
• White-beaked dolphin
• Vaquita
• Burmeister’s porpoise

Relatively unaggressive

• Pygmy sperm whale
• Beluga
• Killer whale
• False killer whale
• Beaked oceanic dolphins (8 of 13 species)
• Oceanic dolphins without beaks (10 of 13 species)
• River dolphins (2 of 4 species)
• Porpoises (4 of 6 species)

Humans fit in the “relatively unaggressive” class. The same as killer whales.

Talk about rose coloured glasses. What absolute BS!

PermeateFree said:

mollwollfumble said:

Aggressive and less aggressive toothed cetaceans.

Very aggressive – sporting scars from literally 100 violent battles

• Risso’s dolphin

Highly aggressive – almost always heavily scarred from battles between individuals

• Sperm whale
• Narwhal
• Beaked whales (17 of 20 species)
• Pygmy killer whale
• Short-finned pilot whale
• Long-finned pilot whale
• Bottlenose dolphin
• Boto
• Franciscana

Aggressive – some scarring from battles between individuals

• Dwarf sperm whale
• Lesser beaked whale
• Sowerby’s beaked whale
• Lesser beaked whale
• Melon-headed whale
• Tucuxi
• Atlantic humpback dolphin
• Rough-toothed dolphin
• Atlantic white-sided dolphin
• White-beaked dolphin
• Vaquita
• Burmeister’s porpoise

Relatively unaggressive

• Pygmy sperm whale
• Beluga
• Killer whale
• False killer whale
• Beaked oceanic dolphins (8 of 13 species)
• Oceanic dolphins without beaks (10 of 13 species)
• River dolphins (2 of 4 species)
• Porpoises (4 of 6 species)

Humans fit in the “relatively unaggressive” class. The same as killer whales.

Talk about rose coloured glasses. What absolute BS!

I give you an aggressive primate right here.

Witty Rejoinder said:

PermeateFree said:

mollwollfumble said:

Aggressive and less aggressive toothed cetaceans.

Very aggressive – sporting scars from literally 100 violent battles

• Risso’s dolphin

Highly aggressive – almost always heavily scarred from battles between individuals

• Sperm whale
• Narwhal
• Beaked whales (17 of 20 species)
• Pygmy killer whale
• Short-finned pilot whale
• Long-finned pilot whale
• Bottlenose dolphin
• Boto
• Franciscana

Aggressive – some scarring from battles between individuals

• Dwarf sperm whale
• Lesser beaked whale
• Sowerby’s beaked whale
• Lesser beaked whale
• Melon-headed whale
• Tucuxi
• Atlantic humpback dolphin
• Rough-toothed dolphin
• Atlantic white-sided dolphin
• White-beaked dolphin
• Vaquita
• Burmeister’s porpoise

Relatively unaggressive

• Pygmy sperm whale
• Beluga
• Killer whale
• False killer whale
• Beaked oceanic dolphins (8 of 13 species)
• Oceanic dolphins without beaks (10 of 13 species)
• River dolphins (2 of 4 species)
• Porpoises (4 of 6 species)

Humans fit in the “relatively unaggressive” class. The same as killer whales.

Talk about rose coloured glasses. What absolute BS!

I give you an aggressive primate right here.

Angry loner, solitary. Doesn’t mix well with others.

Witty Rejoinder said:

PermeateFree said:

mollwollfumble said:

Aggressive and less aggressive toothed cetaceans.

Very aggressive – sporting scars from literally 100 violent battles

• Risso’s dolphin

Highly aggressive – almost always heavily scarred from battles between individuals

• Sperm whale
• Narwhal
• Beaked whales (17 of 20 species)
• Pygmy killer whale
• Short-finned pilot whale
• Long-finned pilot whale
• Bottlenose dolphin
• Boto
• Franciscana

Aggressive – some scarring from battles between individuals

• Dwarf sperm whale
• Lesser beaked whale
• Sowerby’s beaked whale
• Lesser beaked whale
• Melon-headed whale
• Tucuxi
• Atlantic humpback dolphin
• Rough-toothed dolphin
• Atlantic white-sided dolphin
• White-beaked dolphin
• Vaquita
• Burmeister’s porpoise

Relatively unaggressive

• Pygmy sperm whale
• Beluga
• Killer whale
• False killer whale
• Beaked oceanic dolphins (8 of 13 species)
• Oceanic dolphins without beaks (10 of 13 species)
• River dolphins (2 of 4 species)
• Porpoises (4 of 6 species)

Humans fit in the “relatively unaggressive” class. The same as killer whales.

Talk about rose coloured glasses. What absolute BS!

I give you an aggressive primate right here.

We all are dummy. Just look in a mirror.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

PermeateFree said:

Talk about rose coloured glasses. What absolute BS!

I give you an aggressive primate right here.

Angry loner, solitary. Doesn’t mix well with others.

You are such a shallow person, unable to see further than your nose. Just examine what has and is happening in the world, which might be radically different to what is happening in your backyard.