I have a ‘Pluribus’ question: What’s going on with the animals?

we’re in a few episodes Pluribus, Vince Gilligan’s New Apple TV Sci-Fi Series, and I Have Questions: Where Have All the Animals Gone? And have they also joined in?

As Carol (Rhea Seehorn) comes to understand that she suddenly drinks her way through a creepy hell scene made up almost entirely of hive-minded mankind, she’s not bothered by a dangerous mosquito, consoled by a stray dog, or able to ride a horse into the sunset.

The total number of species on Earth is estimated at 8.7 million (including plants), yet PluribusThere are no golden lion tamarins, Irish wolfhounds, or Egyptian tortoises to be seen. What’s going on over here?

Are animals affected by joining?

Bearing in mind that the “mental glue” like “virus” that binds humanity began with alien technology being decoded, tested on animals, and transferred to humans with the bite of a lab rat in Episode 1, it remains to be seen how the animal kingdom is dealing with what is known as “The Joining.” If, as was mentioned in Episode 1, “We are us,” does that include all creatures, great and small, on Earth?

We still don’t know who developed the sequence, or whether all the animals have been affected by the virus dusting we saw in Episode 1, which transformed most of the remaining humans, but the rats experience the same type of temporary paralysis that joins the humans when Carol harasses them. On the other hand, in Episodes 1, 2, and 3, we don’t see any animals joining the ranks of mind-linked humans who team up to perform the same task, and none of Carol’s neighbors have any pets wandering aimlessly in search of food.

However, we do learn a few things in Episode 2 about what happened to some of the animals after they got involved.

Together, humans threw all the animals out of zoos.

At Carol’s non-Joined Human summit on Air Force One, Koumba Diabate (Samba Schutte) mentions that “all the zoos are empty.” Xiu Mei (Sharon Gee), who lives near the Beijing Zoo, says that the zoos were emptied by the Joven humans. “They let all the animals loose,” she says, adding that she tried to stop a giraffe from eating a tree outside her house, but it made no difference. “Obviously, when it comes to lions and tigers, they take a lot of beatings,” says Kaumba.

My question is where did they all go? Have they all returned to their natural habitats, eating each other and restoring the cycle of life or what?

As far as pets go, I don’t see a single dog or cat or hamster PluribusAt the summit of episode 2, Mei clearly states that she “didn’t give her dog to anyone”, without explaining further, but Koumba says, “All dogs are free from their chains,” Is there a dog heaven where our four-legged friends have a sweet, loving home for themselves and are allowed to go for a walk whenever they want? Are dogs more individual than humans at this time? Can dogs walk? We,

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United humans cannot “deliberately end one’s own life” and they are all wegos.

Then there’s the whole vegetarianism of joining. In Episode 2, at a lavish long lunch in what looks like Tuscany, it’s clear that animals killed before being involved are being preserved (or cooked for uninvolved humans) – Koumba is served chicken, Carol is given salmon. Later in the episode, Carol is offered bacon and eggs. In Episode 3, when Carol’s local supermarket is completely filled by Joined Humans in a matter of minutes, including the meat section.

But in Episode 2’s Lunch, we learn that connected humans don’t kill animals – when Koumba says he’s asked for a lobster, Zosia (Carolina Wydra) explains, “We searched across a wide scope, but the only lobster currently available is a living one.” When asked by fellow non-Joined Manav Lakshmi (Menick Gooneratne) if the Joined are vegetarians, Zosia replies, “That would be our priority, yes,” and further explains that killing insects is also off the table. She says, “We cannot intentionally end life. It is not in our nature.”

Is this because animals have the same “mental glue” as humans? Or is there something else going on here?

Kaumba further asked what would happen if he caught a fish or killed a chicken, and Zosia told him, “We will mourn the demise of all these creatures,” but we will also cook for him if asked.

Some theories have been presented on Reddit about the condition of the animals. PluribusIncluding one theory that the giraffe did not listen to Mei because it is not part of the joining. This principle also applies to lions and tigers, as Koomba mentions human genocide – this suggests that these animals are not at least part of the harmonious hive mind. Hopefully Gilligan will shed some light on the plight of our free-roaming animals in future episodes.

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