RE: Do animals have free Will?
February 10, 2012 at 6:04 am
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2012 at 7:10 am by Rokcet Scientist.)
(February 10, 2012 at 5:50 am)Chuff Wrote:(February 9, 2012 at 10:19 pm)Rokcet Scientist Wrote:(February 9, 2012 at 12:26 pm)Rokcet Scientist Wrote:
I may have to revise that 'cerebral capacity' part after having watched the BBC's 2-part series "Super Smart Animals" (381MB).
The presenter didn't hurt either.
+1 for this programme - Excellent 2 parter and very relevant to this thread.
That's what I thought.
Quote:The Bonobo at the end of part 2 was just incredible, holding conversations using the pictogram - She understood concepts of past, present and future, and had a cheeky sense of humor.
And how about them dolphins being creative! Together!
Why do we kidnap these intelligent, emotional beings – apes, dolphins/whales – from their families/social environments and the freedom of vast jungles or wide open oceans, and lock them up for life in tiny cages or ponds? What did they do to us to deserve that kind of treatment? Are they murderers?
Who the fuck do we think we are, doing that to intelligent and emotional individuals, even if they are of other species?
We shouldn't be surprised, and least of all offended, if one day we find a place where dolphins keep humans as lifelong prisoners, teaching 'm tricks for donuts!
