do animals possibly grasp the concept?

Question

of death better than we do?

mngirl... it's a pretty general question, because there are so many ways to look at it. i'm sure by the time i've written this you would have thought about a few. and this was the purpose

Answer 1

They probably realize that it's inevitable, so why worry about it?

Look at the elephants and gorillas that mourn their dead. They mourn for a little while, then they go on with their lives and stop worrying.

Answer 2

I dont understand what you mean. Can you please clarify?


Hmm, well I dont think so then, life and death are pretty much the two sides of the same coin, animals will eat there young if they are weak or sick, predators do not feel remorse after they kill their dinner. They have the fight or flight instinct but that doesnt mean they are grasping the concept of death. Animals will get lonely if their instincts are herd life and their partner dies or something like that, some animals have only one partner in life (penguins) so that might seem as though they have a concept of death so maybe they do, dolphins will try and fight off sharkes sometimes if a human is getting attacked. A dog losing his owner will be sad and lonely, but that doesnt mean he grasps death, just that his best friend is no longer with him....

My family has German Shepards and they seem like people, like Ace, the male, would bite my friends butts, like a little nip and it never hurt, he would just do it to my friends who had cute butts I swear. The female, Walli, gets embarrassed when she farts, they obviously get jealous if one gets to be in the house and the other one has to stay outside....they love my brother Preston more than anyone else in the family and they know when he is coming home and get excited and sit and stare at the door for a half hour before he comes home and Ace doesnt like police, seriously, my older brother was a major trouble maker growing up and whenever cops came to the house he wouldnt let them in, even if it wasnt for my brother and they just had to ask about something that happened in the area, I have four brothers and our house was the local hangout so they came often. Ace used to follow my mom around, it just started all of a sudden and he had never been like that before, he followed her everywhere, if she went in the bathroom he would wait outside the door for her, she started getting really sick and then she found out she was diabetic and had a thyroid problem and as soon as she started using insulin and taking meds, he stopped following her around.

So to answer your question, yes :)...maybe...

Answer 3

Could be, Joe:

I just read about an anti-social cat that lived in a nursing home. About 24 hours before an elderly patient was to die, the cat would curl next the the victim and wouldn't leave unless forced to.

it happened so often that they notify the family now--the cat has never missed.

Shalom, peace in jesus, Ben Yeshua

Answer 4

Animals only have two choices, to be dinner, or not be dinner. So the concept isn't that hard to grasp. Then there is the occasional species that dies after sex, yet they still do it for a chance to reproduce, which says something.

Answer 5

Yep, it is narcissistic for humans to believe that we are the only species that is aware of it. A lot of animals have a better understanding of death. Search the internet. I remember something about Salmons dying after lying eggs and their awareness of death on the discovery channel.

Answer 6

I'd say that they're at least more comfortable with it. They tend to avoid it until it's no longer possible to do so, and then usually go off to die quietly by themselves.

They've been spared the grotesque idea that something might happen after, something that I'm not sure the human race will outgrow before it wipes itself out.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Animals can hardly grasp a ball let alone philosophy. Try teaching algebra to your cat or dog. You will soon find out what they can and cannot grasp.

Answer 9

Not at all. Though some probably fear and avoid it to a higher degree than some humans.

For the (huge) portion of the population that believes death to be a transition between worlds... I guess yes, animals understand it much better (ie: death is the end).

Answer 10

we can not fully grasp the concept of death... most people still think they will be alive after death. if you believe in eternal life then you do not understand death.