> A blanket dismissal of all animals feeling anything "just because" is not a critique. The idea that animals feel human emotions (much less "grief") is based

> A blanket dismissal of all animals feeling anything "just because" is not a critique. The idea that animals feel human emotions (much less "grief") is based only on the fact that orcas look pretty to the human eye. Would you be willing to entertain "grieving" ants? (Ants are the only animals beside humans to have successfully built a civilization. Can't say they are unintelligent.)