Temple Drake @templedrake.bsky.social

Hard agree. Many animals have high intelligence, we are just too stupid to see it.

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@mkbinder.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 17:09 UTC

This book is always worth a look. Testing for intelligence needs to be appropriately adapted to the animal being tested, which certainly hasn't been done in the past. But I'd argue, as a civilization, we are on the right road in terms of actually considering that animals aren't just animated meat.

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Sooz Bee @soozbee.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 04:40 UTC

I've never thought of them the same way since I saw a doc abot Asian elephants. A baby died on their migration one yr. Every yr after, they stopped in that spot & stayed there for a couple of days while the mother mourned her baby. Just laid on the spot where the baby died, rolling & wailing. 😭

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