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Pigs are supposed to be as smart as chimps, making them in essentially the smartest animals out there except for dolphins and humans. However, we as humans des

• slothtrop 7y ago
  They're intelligent, but I've never heard that suggestion. It's not as though they use tools. Years ago I thought the reason we didn't kill certain animals is they're cuter than others. Maybe, but there's a perceived scale of demonstrated consciousness. If an animal appears more intelligent and compassionate (e.g. chimps), we're more put off on slaying them.
  • fanatic2pope 7y ago
    Tool use in animals is fairly common. Generally we haven't seen it in the past because we simply weren't looking. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1616504719300333 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S16165...
  • Libeste 7y ago
    The cost/benefit of simple tools favors chimps more than pigs.
• droithomme 7y ago
  Some pigs are pretty smart. Not sure if smart as dogs. Pig parts have been transplanted into humans for medical reasons with good results. So we are kind of similar. I don't eat pig for these reasons. I don't have a problem with others eating it though. There's no shortage of pigs and they are domesticated so it's easy to make more. When I ate dolphin I didn't know it was dolphin. It was so good. Then I found out it was dolphin. I think no one should eat dolphin because if they do soon dolphins will be extinct because they are that yummy. Dolphins don't do well in captivity and haven't been domesticated. So we can't just ramp up the number of dolphins. Eating them is a real risk to their survival as a species.