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Here are a few things that would help humans begin to consider animals as their equals: Seeing animals behaving as traders as in "this is mine, this is yours,

Here are a few things that would help humans begin to consider animals as their equals: Seeing animals behaving as traders as in "this is mine, this is yours, I'll trade you mine for yours." Seeing an animal contemplate art. Seeing animals having a conversation. Perhaps all of these have been observed, but if so we need to be more aware of them. Edit One more: Saving and passing on records of previous events

agumonkey 11y ago
Few things animals did that had me sitting: # Instant group work, two monkeys having to analyse a situation to pull ropes (all rigged by researchers of course) with the right choreography to free some food. One came, saw that pulling either end alone wouldn't cut it, call his buddy, they look at each other and the rig for a second, then split each to its own end, synchronize then pull, profit. The 'no brainer' attiude killed me. # Crows 'reverse engineering' and social hacking: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=ted+talk+crows https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=ted+talk+crows # Pity bargaining, a puppy lab trying to guilt trip us into letting her go outside after being reprimanded # An octopuss mother heating its eggs until near death, saving her last forces to swim as far away as possible so her dead body wouldn't attract predators. The sacrifice got me emotional. # The 'lion hugging its savior' video on youtube. That lion looked overwhelmed... More human than a Disney antropomorphic lion character. Just thinking about it warms my heart. None of this is abstract enough for us to stop thinking we're not above. I'll agree that I've never seen an animal contemplating the world the way humans do. But maybe there's no point in doing it and we're just full of ourselves :)