My flying squirrel was found in the toilet. Period. Maybe he was depressed.
2007-01-03 07:54:54 · 13 answers · asked by Niki 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
If we can some how kill our selves animals can too.
2007-01-03 08:09:41 · answer #1 · answered by i2OOO s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a great question. Of course people often tend to forget that humans are not only mammals but animals also(for some reason humans classify themselves above all other animals). Humans commit suicide. Humans commit suicide probably for different reasons than other animals, since I am not sure if other animals get depressed, grieve, screw up, or lose all their money to gambling. But they do commit suicide. Lemmings march off of cliffs and sometimes even the mating drive of Preying Mantis and spiders result in death by the female of the male. Are these truly suicides, who knows, but what seems to make a suicide, is the true unwavering desire to end ones life
2007-01-03 16:10:40 · answer #2 · answered by Cupid Stunt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Dolphins have been known to commit suicide in captive situations (aquariums). Dolphins (unlike people) have to think about their breathing all the time and sometimes they just choose not to come up for that next breath. They have also been observed ramming their heads into tank walls until death.
2007-01-04 12:20:08 · answer #3 · answered by spyhopper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,humans commit suicide more than other mammals.I believe you should be reprimanded for the sloppy dangerous way you handled that poor thing and your cold post mortem analysis of its death. Stay off pets. You don't carry out fatal experiments with pets.
2007-01-03 16:26:04 · answer #4 · answered by Aushbaba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course Mammals can commit suicide... Humans do it all the time, humans are mammals...
2007-01-03 16:02:29 · answer #5 · answered by Infidelus_Prime 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was an interesting chimp documentary I saw on tv. One young chimp was so depressed after his mother died he just sat in a tree and refused to eat until he died. I think it's possible. They have little minds, and they definitely know about death.
2007-01-03 16:04:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I see a lot of animals by the roadside looking despondent so perhaps
2007-01-10 00:12:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lemmings do they all take off in a stampede and run off the mountain ledge
sorry about ur squirrel
2007-01-03 18:03:31 · answer #8 · answered by Nora G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lemmings commit suicide all of the time.
2007-01-03 16:05:39 · answer #9 · answered by DeborahDel 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Whales sometimes die after they beach themselves. Does that count as suicide?
2007-01-03 16:05:53 · answer #10 · answered by btsmith_y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Dolpins sometimes go to shallow waters and wait to die.
It is a corporate suicade.the reason is unknown.
2007-01-03 16:06:04 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋