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Why not give the benefit of the doubt to other animals? It feels like we're peeling back the layers of "animals are unintelligent automatons" to realize we are
by meristohm 3y ago
Why not give the benefit of the doubt to other animals? It feels like we're peeling back the layers of "animals are unintelligent automatons" to realize we are animals, too.
I recommend thethe books Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal, and Mind of a Raven by Bernt Heinrich, among others.
- PaulHoule 3y agoI have a lot of dealings with animals (the family business is a riding academy) so of course I have a high opinion of the intelligence of mammals. I have had fewer dealing with birds but the ones I have had (like getting into a fight with the same pair of geese for three years in a row) have led me to believe birds are just as smart as mammals.