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> Unlike humans, they are are oblivious of the fact that they will die someday (or be slaughtered someday). how do you know?
by blibble 3y ago
> Unlike humans, they are are oblivious of the fact that they will die someday (or be slaughtered someday).
how do you know?
- layer8 3y agoPersonally I don’t strictly know (hence “seem”), but it seems plausible to me, and if animals did regularly mentally time travel like humans do, there should be more evidence of it.
- ly3xqhl8g9 3y agoApparently there are at least five animals orders that do grieve: elephants, monkeys, dolphins, giraffes, dogs. It is imaginable that one of them might infer: if they died, maybe I will also die someday. [1] https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/harperkids/the-five-animals-that-grieve https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/harperkids/the-five-anim...
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoWe can have a pretty good idea based on observing behavior and mapping their brains.