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

i say we can grasp it quite well

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

They are capable of basic consciousness, i submit that

But sentience on the level of Humans? No.

Studies have shown Cetaceans may be capable of more intellegence then humans

Based off the fact they have more complex and larger brains

Wow

You really dont know biology if you claim thay

Complex Brains are not linked to intelligence

Brain size is wholly detached from intelligence

"Are Whales Smarter Than We Are? Cetacean brains, such as those of dolphins (left) and humpback whales (right), have even more cortical convolutions and surface area than human brains do."

By that logic Sperm Whales are the most intelligent form of life

They have the largest brains

Which is clearly untrue

Sperm whales have the largest brain... *not what I said*

Read any study, for the love of god, brain area does not correlate with intelligence