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[–] ttyybb@lemmy.world 153 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 35 points 2 months ago

That's actually funny.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 56 points 2 months ago (2 children)

These goats always fascinated me. Like what the actual fuck? Why? Then when they eventually do make a mistake and fall they just like hop down the side of the mountain and/or tumble 100m they just hop right back up like nothing ever happened.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The razor's edge of evolutionary advantage in predator/prey relationships makes for some pretty interesting scenarios.

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 25 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Most of the times they won't hop right back up, I think, but these educational videos about animals target children so it won't be such a good idea to show fucked up goats or other animals.

[–] dbx12@programming.dev 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Imagine you are an animal videographer and have to film dozens of goats falling to their death just to get one which miraculously survived.

[–] webp@mander.xyz 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's with lemmings trying to have me imagine bad stuff? 🙁

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

I mean… the alternative exists…

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

From a natural selection perspective I don't think many goats die by falling.

[–] gtr@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Correct, they die from the fatal effects of hitting the ground.

[–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, they die by being pushed off the cliff by a Golden Eagle.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

I mean it's not the falling that gets them. It's the abrupt stop on the rocks below.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

not anymore

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I’m just imagining a kids show “this goat is climbing the cliff for salt. Oh no he fell. And he’s now impaled on that dead tree. That’s a a (I don’t know trees) trees! They are native to the region! Did you hear that squish? Let’s investigate. Oh it was these worming things falling! Those are what we call intestines and they help you eat yummy food! Now it calling for its brother and sisters with its last gurgling breath. Don’t you remember a time when you wanted to play with your siblings but they were too busy? Comment below! Now Mr. Vulture is coming to say hello! And he loves eyes! Not like the letter silly! It’s what you see from! Vultures love eyes!”

Edit sorry I couldn’t help myself: this one is acting strange… let’s take a look! Oh its brain is full of these silly bent proteins. Look at the holes where they like to live! It’s called a prion disease! Can we all say spongiform encephalopathy?! Sound it out, you can do it!

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago

Day 1 of posting a random meme from my collection

[–] LapGoat@pawb.social 24 points 2 months ago
[–] LapGoat@pawb.social 20 points 2 months ago
[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is it just me or does the first image look like AI?

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure it’s just the tilt-shift effect giving that impression, goats can climb basically anything short of a perfect 90 degree angle.

E: actually AI edit of a real photo

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Yeah but what is that second goat in the background doing?

[–] Kairus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Plus, 2nd image, the poses don't match the incline, and 3rd image the heads and tails are weird

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

First image is literally 7 years old. You can investigate the others to prove they’re AI if you really want, but I’m not chasing down every false alarm.

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[–] LapGoat@pawb.social 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

username checks out

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

They crave the salt

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

[I was probably wrong, disregard]

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago

I've seen these images well before LLMs were around.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

What makes you say AI? I've seen 2 of these before and I don't see anything indicating AI on the one I haven't.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

~~But... this is older than AI?~~

[Also wrong, disregard too]

I was probably wrong

You were not, I was.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 12 points 2 months ago

Nah someone else linked the original image: https://www.reddit.com/r/Goatparkour/comments/bto7j1/from_this_angle_mountain_goats_are_even_more/

It's like some weird AI regeneration of it or something?

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

Speaking of goats...

[–] ttyybb@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

A fine addition to my collection

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm scared as fuck of heights but once in a while I torment myself watching videos of Alex Honnold, a freak of a human being who likes to do shit like free soloing El Cap. Watching him do crazy shit is actually kind of soothing, except for one time when he finished a climb on a slope like what these goats are on. It was basically like steps about 1" deep and a foot high; nothing to grab onto, he just had to stay leaned slightly in to the wall to keep from falling off. And I guess hope no wind sprung up. Just terrifying.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I've done some climbing before (with ropes) and it's kinda fun being in a slab like that where you can lean in and not always need to have a hand on the wall. But fuck that guy and no ropes. Even watching recorded videos of him doing things makes me incredibly nervous and uncomfortable. I don't think we should be encouraging what he does the way we do.

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

It's funny, I've watched Honnold rip on that guy. He (Honnold) considered climbing buildings to be way easier than cliff climbing because it's basically the same move over and over again. But now Honnold is doing the same shit.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I really wish they wouldn't do that. :(

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes one falls down, but that's rare.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just come down here and hang out with the rest of us. You'll be safer. :(

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But they crave the elECtroLytEs.

[–] SeventySeven@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] gtr@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

It is good for them.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Not from snow leopards they won't.

[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

I reject your ~~reality~~ gravity and substitute my own!

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Pro slab climbing demonstration

[–] luminasapphira@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

They crave that mineral

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