Re:Birds hold 'funerals' for dead
by jkbyc on Saturday September 01, 2012 @05:34AM
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> And dogs obviously feel joy and worry and mourning.
It's not so obvious. Especially with domestic animals, the kind of behaviour you are describing may have evolved in order to survive in humans' company. Recommended reading: Daniel Dennett's Kinds of Minds ( http://www.amazon.com/Kinds-Of-Minds-Understanding-Conscious... )
It's not so obvious. Especially with domestic animals, the kind of behaviour you are describing may have evolved in order to survive in humans' company. Recommended reading: Daniel Dennett's Kinds of Minds ( http://www.amazon.com/Kinds-Of-Minds-Understanding-Conscious... )
Wittgenstein on what a lion would say if he could speak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=628eVJgHD6I (This is a very pleasant pineapple)