yes. Edit: Ok. This is a common argument (well apart from the "living on earth with us" bit which requires some Doctor Who levels of mind-wiping so let's disc

yes. Edit: Ok. This is a common argument (well apart from the "living on earth with us" bit which requires some Doctor Who levels of mind-wiping so let's discount that. Lions see humans in the zoo, and they see the walls of theie prison. Lions definitely have had psychological problems in the worst run zoos so it is fair to say they are affected and aware. Are they aware of the concept of zoo? Equally unlikely. And the next question is how much more intelligent is a human to a lion. the answer is not comforting to us as a species.