Not with relation to humans, but amongst themselves. Is there anything to note from observing them, something in-common at its root level? We were animals, but now super animal - pseudo "human", a man. I want to know what they see love and hate in. Finally, how do they show love and hate to humans?
2006-06-26 08:19:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Note to missinglincoln...
Man has come short in defining his love for his species than animals do for theirs, and I don't want to ignore that when I define love.
2006-06-26 13:49:45 · update #1
If "love" can be considered caring about someone more than you care about yourself...I have only heard one conclusive piece of evidence to the fact that animals may experience something akin to what we would call "love." Here it is: A field anthropologist was studying a group of chimpanzees (in their native habitat). Two chimps in the group had been good "friends", two males, roughly the same age. As the group was moving from one location to another, one of these two chimps was hurt- seriously. The chimp's "friend" stayed behind with him, bringing him food and water and 'taking care" of him, for over a week, when the injured chimp died.
2006-06-26 16:09:46 · answer #1 · answered by diasporas 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love is a subjective experience. I don't think we can say with any certainty that animals love or don't love each other. Whenever Ethologists write about parenting in the animal world, they don't describe it as love but as biological instinct. That doesn't mean that a sow doesn't love its piglets, but there is no way to prove it. The only love we can truly talk about is the love we experience for others. Everything else is guesswork.
2006-06-26 15:36:08 · answer #2 · answered by memphisroom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
animals operate by instinct,they hunt for food and sex when the time is right and i believe they trust the hand that feeds them.
it would be interesting to see how long your dog would want to be friends with you if you stopped feeding it.
2006-06-26 15:40:58 · answer #3 · answered by freebird 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
animals act purely on instinct, thats all
2006-06-26 17:03:34 · answer #4 · answered by ashley1586 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animals do not think or feel like humans do. Please do not attempt to anthropomorphise them. They are just animals.
2006-06-26 17:53:22 · answer #5 · answered by missinglincoln 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋