2006-07-31 19:09:37 · 9 answers · asked by Z, unnecessary letter 5 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
As I know, no one has investigated the possibility of animal humour.
The question now is what's so darn funny in the animal world? Scientists say that when chimps play and chase each other, they pant in a manner that is strikingly like human laughter; dogs have a similar response; rats chirp while they play, again in a way that resembles our giggles.
I think animals' sense of humour actually exists, albeit in a form we human are ill-equipped to recognise.
Life can be funny, and not just for humans.
2006-07-31 20:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I agree with Mitia's answer. Even though humans have a sense of humor that no other life form has, we may not be in a position to recognise it for what it is in other species. Our communication channels are different from theirs. Our expressions are different from theirs. Humans are set apart from animals in this respect alone, if we can assure ourselves that the other forms of life don't communicate with so much variety as we do.
2006-08-01 05:24:26 · answer #2 · answered by sunilbernard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sense of humor determines a human's personality.
I stongly believe, its the only thing that differenciates u from an animal
2006-08-01 02:29:41 · answer #3 · answered by pandu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, humor does not appear to be even remotely as developed in other primates as in humans. On the other hand, humans are also the only species to so completely devastate their environment.
2006-08-01 02:31:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That and ambition. You notice that while gorrillas can be trained to eat a meat diet and while Chimpanzees will hunt, humans are the only primates or animals for that matter that seem to have ambition. A gorrilla left to its own devices will go back to a diet solely of fruit and vegetables. Chimpanzees will abandon their hunts if they lose sight of their prey.
2006-08-01 03:54:46 · answer #5 · answered by West Coast Nomad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm i guess i kinda do think that.. although if animals could talk would they have a sense of humor? cuz then my answer is no.
2006-08-01 02:18:18 · answer #6 · answered by I Luv Joel Madden!! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you'd seen that program last night, this chimp threw a stick at his brother and i swear, laughed his head off when it struck him on the nose.
2006-08-02 00:40:20 · answer #7 · answered by witterwax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know.. i had a cat with a sense of humor... she was great
2006-08-01 09:45:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Man is the animal who laughs."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
2006-08-01 02:24:24 · answer #9 · answered by Neil T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋