The concept of memory isn't related to consciousness; after all, we talk about computers having memory all the time. Rather than say everything short of humans

The concept of memory isn't related to consciousness; after all, we talk about computers having memory all the time. Rather than say everything short of humans doesn't really "remember", I find it much more interesting to think how similar our concept of remembering (reinforced neural connections) is to phenomena we don't think of as alive like rivers or pheromone trails.