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Re:Want to Understand Mortality? Look to the Chimps by loup-vaillant on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @03:17AM (#5944606)
Reading the poignant description of Pansy’s death, I recalled a quote that captures my feelings quite accurately:

This shouldn't ought to exist.

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Re:Want to Understand Mortality? Look to the Chimps by UbuntuJon on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @06:50AM (#5945237)
Chimps commit brutal murders of their own kind (is murder only murder when it's a killing of your own species?) and are very violent. Completely irrelevant to this story but thought I'd throw it in there.
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Re:Want to Understand Mortality? Look to the Chimps by maratd on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @08:01AM (#5945432)
> Chimps commit brutal murders of their own kind

As opposed to human beings?

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Re:Want to Understand Mortality? Look to the Chimps by marcosdumay on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @08:17AM (#5945503)
No, exactly like human beings. That's the point.

They use tools, make wars, and create words.

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Re:Want to Understand Mortality? Look to the Chimps by boneheadmed on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @08:40AM (#5945600)
It is interesting that the ancient Hebrews believed that certain animal species possessed "soulish" qualities or qualities that expressed emotion, will, mind, and the ability to form relationships with each other. The word nephesh is applied in this way to both humans and certain animals.
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