The more we study animals, the less special we seem.

Or in other words "Scientists are ego-maniacal twats who don't listen to people." Seriously, the fact it's 2012 and this experiment isn't 100 years old is almost as rife with hubris as the twats who come over to Asia and "discover" local species.

I'm glad the scientists TODAY have some common sense and are finally laying good groundwork for the future to catch up the past. But I'm doubling down on hate for people who think animals are just squishy robots.

mamoru: Rockstone: We're the only species that is truly sentient.

What exactly do you mean by "truly sentient"?

I think he means sentient by the standards created by men trying to prove we were 'gods special creatures' and created the standards so that only humans could ever pass.


The older I get the more it's becoming apparent that the only thing that separates us from the animals is our arrogance.

Rockstone: Ambivalence: born_yesterday: I'm not sure the confirmation of self-awareness in other "lower" species is something our species is altogether ready or willing to acknowledge.

"self-awareness" isn't exactly an incredibly high bar. There's a difference between having self-awareness and having the abillity to reason.

There's a difference between even those two concerns and sentience. We're the only species that is truly sentient. Also, we're the only ones that have tamed fire and electricity.
Until a chimp can create an network superior to the internet, color me not impressed.

People, I give you the problem with humanity.

I'm mad, that's a fact. I found out animals don't help. Animals think they're pretty smart. shiat on the ground. See in the dark. Wander around like a crazy dog, make a mistake in the parking lot. Always bumping into things. Always let you down.

Animals think they understand. Trust in them? A big mistake. Animals want to change my life. I will ignore animal's advice.

They're never there when you need them. They're never there when you call them.

I know the animals laughing at us don't even know what a joke is. I won't follow animal's advice. And I don't care if they're laughing at us.

They say they don't need money; they're living on nuts and berries.

They like to laugh at people. they're setting a bad example. they think they know what's best.

Go ahead. Laugh at me.

King Something: Cats and dolphins don't kill members of their own species for sport.

Dolphins will fark anything that moves and some things that don't.

If you gave me the choice between hangin' out at the beach all day farkin' and goofin' around under the sea or just about anything humans do, I'd have to agree with dolphins.

Maybe the reason humans are the only animals to colonize the whole world and kill everything else is because all the other animals are happy as is.

As an animal, I fully agree: I am smarter than all of you submitters out there. Thanks for clearing that up, scientists.