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When the ship Endurance under Shackleton was trapped in ice and the crew were starved and desperate, they took any source of food they could find, including penguins, but when they had to kill their dogs, they could not eat them because the dogs meant too much to them

submitted by Lost_In_The_Thinking to dogs 1.3 yearsJan 14, 2024 22:51:33 ago (+20/-1)     (dogs)

After the Endurance was trapped in ice, and when the ship's provisions were exhausted, the crew were left with whatever they could hunt, fish, and scavenge in the area. They were eventually forced to kill the dogs, some 22 of them, because feeding them took more resources than they could afford. It was after some deliberation that they needed to be killed to save the rest of the crew. With great sorrow this was done, and all of the crew were deeply affected because they all felt so close to them, and the man who volunteered was respected for this selfless act, because he felt the same way as the crew.

Even though the crew was having difficulty finding provisions to keep them alive, they refused to eat the dogs, believing they were noble animals, friends to the crew, and deserved better. I hope they are still there in the Antarctic, undisturbed forever.


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[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 3 points 1.3 yearsJan 14, 2024 23:22:08 ago (+3/-0)

I would never kill and eat my chickens. My chickens are better people than most people I know.

[ - ] Outlaw_Aryan 4 points 1.3 yearsJan 14, 2024 23:56:19 ago (+4/-0)

Serious question, why do you have chickens if not for food? Aren't they messy as fuck?

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 2 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 00:27:30 ago (+2/-0)

Yeah, they poop everywhere, but not as much as ducks or geese. They’re sweet as can be too. They lay eggs, but I don’t have them so much for that. Theyre actually so clean they don’t have any smell to them like a dog. They keep the dpselves clean, much like a cat does. Hell, if they didn’t poop every three minutes, I’d have them in the house!
They’re such cool pets, I can’t imagine not having chickens.

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 2 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 05:27:12 ago (+2/-0)

I was thinking chickens would be a good start for farming-at-home, but there's currently a foot of snow outside and it regularly gets above 110f outside for most of summer. So I would have to build a whole new building with heating/cooling to keep them alive.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 09:22:34 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] Sector2 0 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 13:17:07 ago (+0/-0)

Sounds worse than the place I escaped from. Only -20 to +100, with 98% relative humidity. Current average is 46F to 76F. Do you live there of your own free will?

[ - ] Outlaw_Aryan 1 point 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 10:36:23 ago (+1/-0)

Wow, you learn something every day! Who knew chickens were so cool. And I never even thought about the eggs.

[ - ] goatfugee12 1 point 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 13:37:16 ago (+1/-0)

only a child, woman, or a faggot would get attached to a chicken. They are live stock, unless you mean that you wouldn't kill or eat them AS LONG AS they are producing eggs.

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 0 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 17:47:09 ago (+0/-0)

No, they are my pets. You can think what you want but I love them, they’re awesome, they’re fun to hang out with and they can even do tricks and other funny stuff if you spend enough time with them. They totally have unique personalities too. One of my chickens, her name is “Pickles”, follows me around and gets her beak right into anything I’m doing, poring gas into the mower, she’s right there. Walking garbage out to the can, she’s right there. Raking leaves, she’s right there. They’re really cool man.

[ - ] Peleg 0 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 09:21:01 ago (+0/-0)

Well don't worry, I won't have any problem at all eating your chickens when shtf.
Thanks! That will help make my supplies last longer. HAHAHA.

[ - ] kammmmak 2 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 08:51:11 ago (+2/-0)

How to say you are White without saying it

[ - ] UncleDoug 1 point 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 00:29:05 ago (+1/-0)

I’d straight up snap kick a penguins head off, but would never hurt a dog.

[ - ] Peter_Einsiedler 0 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 07:27:34 ago (+0/-0)

The Norwegians planed their dogs as integral part of their food when they went to the south pole.

[ - ] BlueEyedAngloMasterRaceGod -2 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 02:24:45 ago (+0/-2)

Extremely low iq if true.

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking [op] 0 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 10:59:39 ago (+1/-1)

Very high empathy. Low IQ niggers lack empathy and can't form bonds with animals.

[ - ] BlueEyedAngloMasterRaceGod -1 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 19:29:35 ago (+0/-1)

dying instead of eating the ALREADY DEAD dogs is as low iq as you can get.

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking [op] -1 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 20:50:27 ago (+0/-1)

The next time you're freezing, starving, stranded in the Antarctic, fighting for the survival of you and your crew mates, and you find yourself in a similar situation, you can be the judge of what they did. If you eat the dogs, come back and gloat. But I doubt you'd be comparable to any of the men of the Endurance and you would never qualify as a crewman. In the meanwhile, internet warrior, you're a waste of my time. Fuck off.

[ - ] BlueEyedAngloMasterRaceGod 0 points 1.3 yearsJan 15, 2024 21:03:20 ago (+0/-0)

sperg more, i wouldn't only eat the dogs, i'd eat the people too if i had too. you cry because u want everyone else to be as weak and brainwashed as you are and can't handle being encountered by a superior strength who calls out weakness.