> "Our shyness is unique", he contends, "because we are alone in being gifted, and burdened, with self-consciousness ... meta-thought." Is it just me, or is it

> "Our shyness is unique", he contends, "because we are alone in being gifted, and burdened, with self-consciousness ... meta-thought." Is it just me, or is it strange to accept the anthropomorphism of shyness but rule out self-consciousness? Just because they can't tell us, "Hey, I'm a cat, and I think about myself all the time."?