Message from @Big Ounce
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it's just something that happens
It just happens to them
They dont understand *what* it is or what causes it
so an animal doesnt know that something eating it kills it?
That's on you to prove it does
*Are you serious*
But in short
no
to my statement
Why do animals flee from predators
if they didnt know predators harm them
it's instinctive
^
Because the antelope who didn't flee from the lion didn't get to pass on the non-flee genes.
Instinct. Evolution drives them to survive and reproduce
Animals will alter behavior when death is impending
Explain to me why animals that are sterile dont flee at the same rates from predators as ones that are still in their breeding prime
Explain to me why animals that are sterile dont flee at the same rates from predators as ones that are still in their breeding prime
Because they're older?
not even all humans can grasp mortality or death adequately
No, een animals that are in their "prime" but are sterile dont flee at same rates @Joe Powerhouse
we understand what causes it
and we understand what it causes
why do some parent animals refuse to feed offsprings they know will die
@Doctor Anon hmm.. Never heard of that. Animals don't know they're sterile.
No they dont
@Doctor Anon They do
But they dont instinctively flee at the same rates
No they arent conscious of it
Sterility kills sex drive, and sex drive is instinctual
Animals do not comprehend their sterility or sex drive
They simply *respond* to it
^ das true
Love, even in humans, is fabricated from the point of view of sex
Attachment is instinctual
Love is not
Love is something we made to give meaning to the attachment
Mourning is not instinctual
I would argue that Elephants, and Some primates and Cetaceans are also capable of sentiency
I *heavily* disagree