What you say about anthropomorphizing animals is true, but it doesn't mean biologists are not examining the ideas. Maybe we don't yet have the power to explain

What you say about anthropomorphizing animals is true, but it doesn't mean biologists are not examining the ideas. Maybe we don't yet have the power to explain consciousness clearly enough in humans, and perhaps it will always be limited. I think human hubris plays a role, by keeping a strong mental barrier between the behaviors of our species and all other vertebrates. Obviously there is something by virtue of our much larger brains, but we don't really understand enough about how we or other animals think, yet. We are inclined to disbelieve there may be more in common than we think.