Re:Orca That Carried Dead Calf for Weeks Appears to Be in Mo...
by otabdeveloper4 on Thursday January 09, 2025 @04:13PM
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> A blanket dismissal of all animals feeling anything "just because" is not a critique.
The idea that animals feel human emotions (much less "grief") is based only on the fact that orcas look pretty to the human eye.
Would you be willing to entertain "grieving" ants? (Ants are the only animals beside humans to have successfully built a civilization. Can't say they are unintelligent.)
The idea that animals feel human emotions (much less "grief") is based only on the fact that orcas look pretty to the human eye.
Would you be willing to entertain "grieving" ants? (Ants are the only animals beside humans to have successfully built a civilization. Can't say they are unintelligent.)