If I’m out walking around and I see a small beetle flipped over on its back, should I give him a nudge or let it be? I feel bad for the little dudes. But they got themselves into this situation so maybe they deserve to be a quick bird snack? But if I were stuck I would hope for some help and not being eaten. Plus the more stupid ones I save will keep the stupid genes going and the longer before we have to compete with sentient beetles. But then again, like, nature. I’m torn. Dziękuję

  • pound_heap@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    6·
    13 hours ago

    I definitely would help. Just to compensate the nature for dozens of stinkbugs that invade my house in the fall and that I flush down the toilet.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    15 hours ago

    Is it invasive?

    No action happens in a vacuum. Helping the beetle means that some thing doesn’t get lunch. Think of the birds or little snakes.

    So, if it’s invasive let them eat, if it’s not, flip it over.

    Either way probably doesn’t really matter in the scheme of things, though.

  • Archimedes@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    17 hours ago

    Sounds like socialism to me. How’s he ever to become a self-determined economic actor if he’s dependent on big human to get him off his back? Maybe if he paid you for it it would be ok. Ask him if hes familiar with Ayn Rand. If not, that’s a good place to start.

  • EliteCloneMike@lemmy.zip
    31·
    22 hours ago

    Sometimes insects like cockroaches (not entirely sure about beetles) end up on their backs if they have been exposed to pesticides as the may lose motor control of some limbs. So usually they will not live too much longer. Not just because they are not their backs, but because of other issue. So flip once, but they may end up like that again and may be on deaths door.

  • Townlately@feddit.nl
    26·
    22 hours ago

    Yeah I raise beetles at home and they rarely need help flipping over. So the beetle you see may be injured or something. But, for me, I would feel better if I gave that little gal another day, so I’d do it.

  • nicgentile@lemmy.world
    36·
    14 hours ago

    I flip them over. Give him/her a fighting chance. If they flip over a second time, well, I assume they are done with that life.

  • Lemvi@piefed.zipEnglish
    10·
    21 hours ago

    I like helping animals in need. When did we agree that only the most intelligent/fit animals deserve to live?

    I don’t intervene however if it is predator vs prey. Helping one would mean harming the other.

    Edit: thought about the predator vs prey thing some more. I guess I do tend to help if one seems much more sentient then the other.

    • anon6789@lemmy.world
      3·
      19 hours ago

      I don’t intervene however if it is predator vs prey.

      The prey will often be mortally wounded before one can do anything anyway. Chasing off a predator often just results in both parties losing. The prey just dies in vain…

  • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
    5·
    20 hours ago

    I always give them a hand. I also go out of my way to move them to safer or nicer spots. This world is not built for them like it is for us, so the least I can do is help where I can.

    Recently there’s a monarch that has been hanging around my front garden patch and I’m pretty sure it’s the Caterpillar that was trying to get run over in my drive way. I moved it to the flowers we have there and I’m happy to see it doing well.