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Re:Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquarium by hellbanner on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @01:39PM (#11490351)
So are you saying each lifeform should only eat what is dumber than it?
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Re:Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquarium by Falling3 on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @02:03PM (#11490627)
As the sibling comment points out, we're getting into ethics which obviously only applies to those who are capable to ethical reasoning.

Personally, I see far better attributes as being measures of whether we should harm other individuals (sentience should be the qualifier), but I can see how intelligence may make its way into these conversations.

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Re:Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquarium by baddox on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @01:57PM (#11490549)
I doubt the commenter means that, since the word "should" implies ethical reasoning which is presumably not a capability of most non-humans.
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Re:Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquarium by prawn on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @09:42PM (#11493758)
That would at least make camping a lot safer...
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