# The Ethics of Herping

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-ethics-of-herping/50898>\
**Category:** Nature Talk\
**Created:** [April 27, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-ethics-of-herping/50898 "2024-04-27T21:50:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-ethics-of-herping/50898/2 "2024-04-27T23:56:19Z")

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there are a ton of existing threads in the forum about this sort of thing. just a few:

- [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/poll-is-handling-herps-for-inat-ethical/10741](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/poll-is-handling-herps-for-inat-ethical/10741)
- [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/log-rock-flipping-too-damaging/36180](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/log-rock-flipping-too-damaging/36180)
- [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/do-you-feel-that-by-exploring-nature-we-are-also-killing-it/18371](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/do-you-feel-that-by-exploring-nature-we-are-also-killing-it/18371)
- [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/do-you-feel-that-by-exploring-nature-we-are-also-killing-it/18371](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/do-you-feel-that-by-exploring-nature-we-are-also-killing-it/18371)

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