Given our current social expectations, and the predilection certain reptiles have towards consuming humans non consensually, should crocodiles use cutlery?
This moral discussion arose after a conversation in which a friend insisted I couldn't write two thousand words on anything. I am currently halfway through the above essay, and would love to have further points of view on the matter.
2006-08-16 13:39:04 · 19 answers · asked by Skippy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
give them & train them to use them. i don't think it is that difficult at all. that is if u are still alive.
2006-08-24 03:58:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ripping with teeth and tearing of limb is uncivilized. It is high time that those reptilia join society and stop their gluttony as well as their poor manners. True, cutlery would be a challenge with all those claws and no opposable thumb and whatnot, but in the end the rewards would be amazing. Better cuts of meat means bigger parties and more crocodile chicks. What croc doesn't want more croc chicks? Another gain would be in the sound experience. Imagine a quick slice and kill rather than all that screaming and splashing around! A much nicer aptmosphere, and more people will come...more people equals more food and again more crock chicks. Think about it. Maybe a spork at the least...
2006-08-16 20:53:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My experience with crocks is that they are generally rude, and any attempt to teach them any kind of manners results in the most god awful display of yawning you could ever imagine. They can yawn for 5 minutes at a time. And when they're not yawning someone's head off, they grin at you, an insolent vulgar grin, a grin full of teeth flashing.
I did manage to get a whole bunch of them to wear bibs once, but they are strictly finger food eaters; but as far as knives and forks - anything that won't go down in two or three bites is just not fooooood!!!!!
And the food fights!!!!!!!!!! They are incorrigeable!!!! All that food flying through the air. How many times did I have to duck to avoid getting slapped by someone's hand (still attached to someone's arm, mind you) when, would they take the time to cut this hand into bite size peices, conversation could at least run uninterrupted. But as I say, it's quite hopeless.
I don't mean to discourage you; in fact, i encourage you to try to reason with them; but i'm afraid you'll see for yourself that when it comes to ettiquette, it truly is a laughing matter.
2006-08-24 16:34:39 · answer #3 · answered by wally 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what the hell for they got a mouth full of cutlery.
the pressure of their mouths closing is 400 pounds
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they spend the nights in the water ,and most of the day in the sun ,if they have eaten ,to digest their food with the sun warming their bellies.
when they are hungry they hit the water .they kill by dragging their victem under the water and drowning them,then they like to put the meat in a cave with an underwater entrance ,to let it rot for a while ,so that it digests more easy because they dont chew their food .
we were repairing the pool and had to do some breaking with hammers ,the vibrations killed one croc (by mistake and ignorence).their ears are very sensitive
their function is quality control,they dispatch the slow,sick and stupid who come to drink at the edge of the water.
they can get to be over 80 years old
the largest one is the australian sea crocodile ,then the4 Nile crocodile,then the American Aligator,the Kaaiman ,and their is a very small one .i forgot the name .but wikapedia would be more specific .i only state what is in my head.
2006-08-16 20:56:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Crocodiles should not use cutlery. It robs them of their sweet, savage cruelty and robs the poor bastard being eaten of the dignity of being eaten with suitably horrifying beastliness. After all, where's the profundity in "nature red in fork and knife"?
Xan Shui,
Philosophic Philanthropist, Honest Man
2006-08-16 21:23:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Crocs used cutlery, they would undoubtedly begin using toothpicks to clean their teeth. And with that many teeth, by the time they finish cleaning, they would be starving again and have to get another meal.
2006-08-24 13:41:51 · answer #6 · answered by abartotti 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2,000 words on whether a crocodile should have table manners or not does not satisfy the "anything" condition... If you wrote a book on the moral 'problem' I wouldn't buy it, read it, or ever see it.
You know how many homeless people have better ideas than this?
2006-08-16 21:53:35 · answer #7 · answered by -.- 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They do use cutlery. It is in their mouths. Pretty effective for shredding humans, I would say.
2006-08-16 20:54:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were you, i'll show my friend the finger and get tell him / her to get a life. By accepting this challenge you have lost the battle
2006-08-24 09:34:13 · answer #9 · answered by Baby_Apocalypse 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the lack of opposable thumbs might be a setback.
2006-08-16 20:48:42 · answer #10 · answered by alethiaxx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they should not. Their God given tools have been good enough so far.
Good luck with your essay.
2006-08-23 03:28:31 · answer #11 · answered by Patti C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋