I always felt that animals just see us as one of them. Like you are the alpha cat or dog of the pack since you provide food. I think part of consciousness is b

I always felt that animals just see us as one of them. Like you are the alpha cat or dog of the pack since you provide food. I think part of consciousness is being constrained by a certain perspective, and so all animals like us see the world from that anthropomorphic (or catomorphic) lens. I mean we communicate with animals using human language and vice-versa.