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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
by 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 agoTool 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 agoThe cost/benefit of simple tools favors chimps more than pigs.