2006-09-23 04:19:10 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
My dog looks like he does sometimes
2006-09-23 05:00:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ever seen a field of sheep? Surely they must contemplate their own existence while they're munching on their grass? Every now and then you see sheep who have escaped and are wondering around on the roads. Maybe those sheep have seen the truth - that their fate is the slaughter house - and feel the only thing they can do is escape and then get creamed on a road?
2006-09-23 04:35:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they do, they haven't told us. They are probably too intelligent for that.
No, seriously-animals are driven by instinct and humans have free will. Because of this, we have metaneeds (look it up in psychology) and we strive for mercy and justice, things animals do not.
2006-09-23 04:27:05 · answer #3 · answered by curiositycat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans have grown to be self-aware entitites. Animals have not reached a level where they can recognize this. It's evolution -- both spiritually and physically.
2006-09-23 04:26:50 · answer #4 · answered by CrimsonCorpus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, dolphins. the Rev Adams, in his much eulogised chapter, quotes them as saying, prior to their departure from these coordinates in is sector of the solar system.....
"So long, and thanks for all the fish....."
Well, if that tells one nothing else (not least of all, of 'Fish' and the dolphins respect for them), it speaks about their awareness of their own mortality.
May God protect while He and his servants anoint the most Holy Adams and whichever laptop he'll use in the future.
D Adam !!!!! Ooops. Sashtou.
2006-09-23 08:17:22 · answer #5 · answered by sashtou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since we cannot communicate with other animals we have no way of proving nor dis-proving your question.
2006-09-23 04:46:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only way we could possibly know for sure is if the animals could communicate with us and so far they choose not to
2006-09-23 04:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by gin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought Amoeba did but they are so unintelligent. I saw one last night and asked it 'is that the moon up there?' and it said,
'I don't know, I don't live around here'!
2006-09-23 04:48:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand pigs do but they are more equal than other animals
2006-09-23 04:27:17 · answer #9 · answered by Andrew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked my cat your question and he said:
"Meeooow yow-yow....puurrrr .....mew mew....why i am?....meeoow...i like mice....meow.."
So there you go - my cat does sometmes contemplete the meaining of his own existence.
2006-09-23 04:35:21 · answer #10 · answered by Young Man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋