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** [[AnimalAthleteLoophole Ain't no rule says a pig can't have a pleasant conversation with a sheep to get them to perform a task]]. Heck, ain't no rule that says a ''dog'' can't have a nice pleasant conversation with a sheep to convince them to do the tasks either; it's just that the dogs consider themselves superior to sheep so don't deign to ask, and the sheep don't trust the dogs so don't deign to tell. And most importantly, the ''reason'' there's no rule is because the humans don't know that pigs, sheep and / or dogs can talk to each other. So no, it's not cheating, because it's not against the rules.
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** Dog's ears are awfully designed for draining liquid. After being submerged in water, Rex's ears would have been completely waterlogged. Waterlogged ears usually results in an infection, an infection usually results in damage to the inner ear, and damage to the inner ear inevitably results in deafness.
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** The entire situation is pretty well summed up in the subplot with Ferdinand and even by Fly when Babe first arrives at the farm ("the bosses only eat stupid animals like sheep and ducks and chickens") - an animal won't be killed as long as they are perceived as useful. Dogs have a skill, therefore they aren't killed. Sheep, ducks, chickens and pigs have no skill useful to humans, therefore they are killed. At best, Hoggett sells the sheep on when they get old so the FridgeHorror aspect is someone else's responsibility. At worst, he's just like any other farmer who has absolutely no reason to suspect the animals on his farm are sentient.
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** Well, to some degree many of these animals are sentient to an extent. We know now that pigs, for example, are among the most intelligent animals and have a certain level of self-awarness, self-awareness, like dogs and cats. Horses too. In some countries they hunt dolphins and eat them, so is kind of complicated even in real life.
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** Rex wasn't just "getting rained on"; he was caught in a flash flood that raised waters high enough to drown an entire group of full-grown sheep (who normally stand higher than dogs anyway). It's also stated that Rex himself was more than half-dead by the time he was found so presumably he'd spent quite a bit of time under water himself. Not being an expert in canine biology, I'd nevertheless imagine that the kind of pressure that amount of water would have put on a dog's eardrums (and I'm assuming champion sheepdogs of Rex's type tend to be bred to prioritise sensitive hearing to hear the various commands) would certainly be enough to significantly damage his hearing. I do know stories of loss of hearing or even sight in ''humans'' that have almost drowned so a dog going almost completely deaf from the same experience seems believable enough.
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* How can getting rained on make someone go deaf anyway?
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** Its partly an AdaptationInducedPlotHole. The original book doesn't use the RuleOfCute NotAllowedToGrowUp that the film applies to Babe: by this point on page, he's fully grown and enormous. Presumably capable of killing a sheep easily if he were so inclined.
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** Its partly an AdaptationInducedPlotHole. The original book doesn't use the RuleOfCute NotAllowedToGrowUp that the film applies to Babe: by this point on page, in the book, he's fully grown and enormous. Presumably capable of killing a sheep easily if he were so inclined.
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** Its partly an AdaptationInducedPlotHole. The original book doesn't use the RuleOfCute NotAllowedToGrowUp that the film applies to Babe: by this point on page, he's fully grown and enormous. Presumably capable of killing a sheep easily if he were so inclined.
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** Hoggett actually talks his wife into Christmas duck before he's aware Babe can herd. It's sort of implied that he intuited there was something special about Babe, but the excuse he gives is that they're better off waiting until they can enter his hams at the upcoming fair.
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** Which piglets, especially domestic piglets, don't suddenly do.
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* This has always bugged me... so the animals are sentient and can talk. The humans aren´t exactly aware of this, which is why there is no problem with killing a sentient pig and eat it. After all, you don´t know that it is sentient. But... can´t this be considered CarnivoreConfusion? Humans are basically eating a sentient creature, albeit unknowingly. Now, we know that Esme and Arthur love animals and treat the ones at their farm well... which is why it can be a little out-of-character to see them making plans for Christmas dinner considering the circumstances (again, they DON´T KNOW,but...). I whish to know if this can be considered CarnivoreConfusion.
** Well, to some degree many of these animals are sentient to an extent. We know now that pigs, for example, are among the most intelligent animals and have a certain level of self-awarness, like dogs and cats. Horses too. In some countries they hunt dolphines and eat them, so is kind of complicated even in real life.
** Well, to some degree many of these animals are sentient to an extent. We know now that pigs, for example, are among the most intelligent animals and have a certain level of self-awarness, like dogs and cats. Horses too. In some countries they hunt dolphines and eat them, so is kind of complicated even in real life.
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* This has always bugged me... so the animals are sentient and can talk. The humans aren´t exactly aware of this, which is why there is no problem with killing a sentient pig and eat it. After all, you don´t know that it is sentient. But... can´t this be considered CarnivoreConfusion? Humans are basically eating a sentient creature, albeit unknowingly. Now, we know that Esme and Arthur love animals and treat the ones at their farm well... which is why it can be a little out-of-character to see them making plans for Christmas dinner considering the circumstances (again, they DON´T KNOW,but...). I whish wish to know if this can be considered CarnivoreConfusion.
** Well, to some degree many of these animals are sentient to an extent. We know now that pigs, for example, are among the most intelligent animals and have a certain level of self-awarness, like dogs and cats. Horses too. In some countries they huntdolphines dolphins and eat them, so is kind of complicated even in real life.life.
** Even in real life, many farmers may care about and treat their animals well, while at the same time not having any qualms about killing and eating them, or at least being able to set their affections aside for the sake of needing to eat. Nothing out of character about it, it's just a different way of looking at things (though it's understandably difficult to wrap one's head around if you don't have a farming background).
** Well, to some degree many of these animals are sentient to an extent. We know now that pigs, for example, are among the most intelligent animals and have a certain level of self-awarness, like dogs and cats. Horses too. In some countries they hunt
** Even in real life, many farmers may care about and treat their animals well, while at the same time not having any qualms about killing and eating them, or at least being able to set their affections aside for the sake of needing to eat. Nothing out of character about it, it's just a different way of looking at things (though it's understandably difficult to wrap one's head around if you don't have a farming background).
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* Why doesn't mister orangutan say anything at all for most of the end of the second film? He just... stares.
** I'll hurl a WMG at this one: Maybe he saw the 1986 version of ''[[Film/TheFly1986 The Fly]]''. I know it was baboons in that film, but, hey, it was scary!
* Why did Ms.Hogget´s suit inflated in the sequel? Rule of Funny aside it didn´t make any sense.
** It belonged to a recently deceased clown who owned such outfits. Also, when she hit that [[BuffySpeak waiter person guy]] that landed on the dessert table, he suddenly held up a tag that said "DO NOT PULL" which we can assume he grabbed it by accident. Just common sense, nobody could've missed that.
** I'll hurl a WMG at this one: Maybe he saw the 1986 version of ''[[Film/TheFly1986 The Fly]]''. I know it was baboons in that film, but, hey, it was scary!
* Why did Ms.Hogget´s suit inflated in the sequel? Rule of Funny aside it didn´t make any sense.
** It belonged to a recently deceased clown who owned such outfits. Also, when she hit that [[BuffySpeak waiter person guy]] that landed on the dessert table, he suddenly held up a tag that said "DO NOT PULL" which we can assume he grabbed it by accident. Just common sense, nobody could've missed that.
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** Well, to some degree many of these animals are sentient to an extent. We know now that pigs, for example, are among the most intelligent animals and have a certain level of self-awarness, like dogs and cats. Horses too. In some countries they hunt dolphines and eat them, so is kind of complicated even in real life.life.
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** Well, to some degree many of this animals are sentient to an extent. We know now that pigs, for example, are among the most intelligent animals and have a certain level of self-awarness, like dogs and cats. Horses too. In some countries they hunt dolphines and eat them, so is kind of complicated even in real life.
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** Well, to some degree many of this these animals are sentient to an extent. We know now that pigs, for example, are among the most intelligent animals and have a certain level of self-awarness, like dogs and cats. Horses too. In some countries they hunt dolphines and eat them, so is kind of complicated even in real life.
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* This has always bugged me... so the animals are sentient and can talk. The humans aren´t exactly aware of this, which is why there is no problem with killing a sentient pig and eat it. After all, you don´t know that it is sentient. But... can´t this be considered CarnivoreConfusion? Humans are basically eating a sentient creature, albeit unknowingly. Now, we know that Esme and Arthur love animals and treat the ones at their farm well... which is why it can be a little out-of-character to see them making plans for Christmas dinner considering the circumstances (again, they DON´T KNOW,but...). I whish to know if this can be considered CarnivoreConfusion.
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* This has always bugged me... so the animals are sentient and can talk. The humans aren´t exactly aware of this, which is why there is no problem with killing a sentient pig and eat it. After all, you don´t know that it is sentient. But... can´t this be considered CarnivoreConfusion? Humans are basically eating a sentient creature, albeit unknowingly. Now, we know that Esme and Arthur love animals and treat the ones at their farm well... which is why it can be a little out-of-character to see them making plans for Christmas dinner considering the circumstances (again, they DON´T KNOW,but...). I whish to know if this can be considered CarnivoreConfusion.CarnivoreConfusion.
**Well, to some degree many of this animals are sentient to an extent. We know now that pigs, for example, are among the most intelligent animals and have a certain level of self-awarness, like dogs and cats. Horses too. In some countries they hunt dolphines and eat them, so is kind of complicated even in real life.
**Well, to some degree many of this animals are sentient to an extent. We know now that pigs, for example, are among the most intelligent animals and have a certain level of self-awarness, like dogs and cats. Horses too. In some countries they hunt dolphines and eat them, so is kind of complicated even in real life.
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** I'll hurl a WMG at this one: Maybe he saw the 1986 version of TheFly. I know it was baboons in that film, but, hey, it was scary!
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** I'll hurl a WMG at this one: Maybe he saw the 1986 version of TheFly.''[[Film/TheFly1986 The Fly]]''. I know it was baboons in that film, but, hey, it was scary!
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