Animal Minds (Animals)

by dhw, Friday, May 27, 2011, 14:47 (4710 days ago) @ xeno6696

MATT: Here's one area where dhw and I have much in common: Animals. The first 15 minutes of this podcast contain one of the most... amazing human/animal stories I've ever heard in my life.-Matt, I think there are many areas where you and I have much in common. But I guess it's the differences that keep us both on our toes!-Many thanks for this really amazing piece. Of course the experts have to try and pooh-pooh it, but the divers themselves seem in no doubt of the whale's intentions. Why are so many humans incapable of recognizing the fact that in order to survive, other animals have to have social and communicative skills, to form individual relationships, to feel things both physically and psychologically? These skills and feelings are not human inventions but a shared inheritance from our common ancestors. You could hardly ask for a more heart-warming illustration.