can animals think?

Question

i know animals have emotions but can they think logicaly (well logical for them)

Answer 1

some more than others
dolphins and killer whales have brains bigger than we have ,they can sure think ,
It is even believed they can do telepathy
A girl fiend who worked with dolphins said they some how knew what trick she was thinking of and already lined up in the correct way before she had given the command

INTELLIGENCE IN NATURE
,it is said that the birds navigate by the sun ,or have genetic memory ,but there are too many other cases with other species that somehow do not make complete sense so it could be much more than just this

so if you bear with me i will give you more examples of intelligence in nature,to demonstrate the point

BIRDS
birds do not just fly to their destinations ,they hop on regular air currents that surround the globe as if hopping on a bus ,then they only flap their wings a bit to keep in line and in position ,they exchange leaders frequently (because this position is the most tiring )and they travel on the collective WAKE ,they create, to make the flight even easier

how do the birds know which is their wind current that for example goes to the Bahamas and not the one for another bird that goes to south Africa

and Nature is full of similar mysteries

SPIDERS
there is a spider which sticks its rear end in the wind and shoots out a strand of web which acts as a parachute and the wind takes it to another place where all his brothers and sisters are,several species do this by the millions and all of them end up in different places,grouped with their bothers and sisters

.How does the spider know which piece of wind is for him to take it to the correct location where is the intelligence,???

FISH

there is a fish a distant cousin of the salmon which at the spring tide, waits for the highest wave(and out of the hundreds of waves there is only one that is the highest)to carry her up into the rock pools to deposit the eggs.
how does it know which is the highest wave????

the young fish take 3 weeks to develop by which time the second highest wave returns them to the sea
.how do they know which is the second highest wave.how do the eggs know they got 3 weeks to develop,
WHERE IS THE INTELLIGENCE??
is it in the birds or the fish or the spider ,or is it external in the air or the water ,

American Indians have always been aware of this intelligence and called it Manitoe,we call it Gaia

and it is the intelligence of the organism called Earth ,through the medium of water (99 out of 100 of all the molecules in our bodies is water.the same ratio as water on this planet)

ANIMAL EMOTIONS

GRATITUDE
and i once rescued some gold fish from a certain death in a drying pond .
picked them out of the mud and put them in a pond with water.
I then sat by the side of the pond,What happened next was amazing ,all 6 of them came in front of me and jumped up from the water ,and then disappeared,Gold fish are not known for jumping out of the water.

SORROW
Elephants have a funeral when one of them dies ,with each elephant going to the dead one and touching it with his trunk to say good bye,
Dogs can die of sadness.
baboons have a very strict social orders .as do most apes and monkeys,they can do things for revenge and even for humor,

Memory
Killer whales have brains larger than us ,and they can see 4 dimensions ,we only see three,and they can remember certain people that they know for many years after ,so do Grizzlies,and Dolphins

PLANTS,Fear
some information indicates that plants do have feelings,emotions and maybe even intelligence.

The north American Indians ,dance around a tree singing that they are going to kill it,they then quickly turn around and chop its neighbor down,taking it by surprise.
this suggest that they believe the tree has feelings.

There once was a famous experiment,whereby 7 people walked into a room where there was a big plant,that was wired up to a lie detector.
One of the people had a knife and cut some parts of the plant.
then later when the people were brought before the plant again,the lie detector gave a violent leap in its readings ,when the person with the knife was brought before it.
the same experiment was done with trees and in all cases the same result.
so who says who has feelings or souls.

Counter Attack

a eucalyptus tree when it is being attacked by a Caterpillar sends messages via pheromones trough the air which are picked up by similar trees often many miles away.
when the caterpillars reach this tree it is ready for them and kills them with a poison ,that it has developed in the meantime and secretes trough its leaves.

is this intelligence

Love
Plants belonging to people with green fingers ,who talk to their plants ,often do better.

dogs and cats have to be included fish already are ,
don`t know personally of the others ,but it stands to reason ,and there must be levels of perceptions as there are different live spans
one cannot expect to much of a one day fly

so just because you do not speak the language does not mean that other life forms are stupid or limited ,they communicate amongst each other ,many species communicating to other species ,simply by body language,signs,sounds smells,facial expressions,pheromones or other chemical means,

Answer 2

Yes, animals have more sense than people give them credit for. On a windy day, watch cattle, they turn their backs to the wind, most animals do. When a pet wants attention they come to their human companion. Wild animals in the winter will get on the opposite side of a hill or mountain to protect their selves from icy winds or snow.

An old lady told me one time, if a cat is running, jumping, and playing very fast, the wind will blow the next day. I have seen it happen many times over the past 20 yrs. It may be their animal instinct to know what is going to happen before hand. With a domestic pet, they can become almost human the way they think, it's according how they are treated while being raised.

Answer 3

It really depends on what your definition of think is. If you mean can they do calculus, then, no, they can't think. If you mean can your dog figure out that when you put your coat on and put your car keys in your pocket that you are going to go off and leave it home alone, then, yes, they can think.

Chimpanzees and bonobos can learn to count to ten or more. They also know when they look in a mirror that they are looking at themselves (something most animals can't do).

Answer 4

Of course!
For example, I had three tortoises I put in a rubbermaid plastic container. They would climb on top of each other to get out of the cage every opportunity they can.
I also have a dog who tries to get me out of my bed when she needs to pee or poo. If those are not animals thinking logically, I don't know what is.

Answer 5

I think that they can. I have three cats and have seen evidence everyday that they can think for themselves. Animals have such different personalities, and if they lived purely off instinct, they would not be like that.

When I was about 5 or so, my favorite cat died. I was devastated by it. Every morning, that cat would sit with me. One morning soon after that, my other cat (who did not really like me very much) came up and cuddled with me. He has been like my best friend for years now. Was that instinct? I don't believe it was.

Answer 6

Some can. I know both dogs, cats, and I think even some birds can think logically. Other animals such as fist can't.

Answer 7

When you think to yourself, about how your going to pick something up, you don't think in words. You don't think in English or whatever. You just have thoughts. You don't need a complex language to have complex thoughts. This is how I imagine animals think.

Answer 8

That's a funny question because me and my friend were just wondering what do animals think about.

Answer 9

yes animal can think.eg monkeys can think logically how to get food. from puzzles

Answer 10

ofcourse they can.

cats can work out problems...like mine for example sat at the bottom of my Christmas tree starring up it, he was working out in his head how to climb the tree...lo n behold he did it flawlessly, until he reached the top and tipped the tree over. not the smartest pet thinker I ever met...but he worked out the problem of how to get into the tree.