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.

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.

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.

Are you trying to crowd-source a pass on the Voight-Kampff test?

What if it’s a reincarnation of Hitler? Wouldn’t take the chance.

Sure

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.

I always help them because I rank all animals above humans.

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.

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.

New twist on the trolly problem

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.

If you feel bad for them help them out

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.

Flip a coin and let destiny decide.

It depends on if the beetle can afford to pay

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