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sillybiscuits ONLINE (02/03/2015) [-]
I do this with my dog all the time. Thanks for the good feels :')
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HenrikVIII ONLINE (02/03/2015) [-] Any animal is better than most people i know, for animals cannot be evil
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alucardexplain (02/03/2015) [-] Seagulls, geese, about 69% of cats, hyenas, WASPS. Need I go on?
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fiercewolf (02/03/2015) [-]
Google the "Gombe Chimpanzee War," then tell me animals cannot be evil. I tried to post a link but it was deleted both times
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HenrikVIII ONLINE (02/03/2015) [-] I know of the war, but it's still neglectable compared to all the atrocities man commited. Animals just don't have the capabilites to be truly evil. I can't say a dog is evil when he doesn't understand what taking a life means. We are the only sentient species because of our understandment of mortality. A man understands and he still takes a life for his own amusement. It's like a child can't be truly evil for it doesn't understand what it does.
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HenrikVIII ONLINE (02/03/2015) [-] Thank you, i like comparisons and metaphors, they help me illustrate my points ;)
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angelusprimus (02/03/2015) [-] Operate on instinct.
Evil needs willing considered actions.
Evil needs willing considered actions.
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Animefreake (02/03/2015) [-] And dolphins do like to rape things. Not just another dolphins, but humans too.
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angelusprimus (02/03/2015) [-] And worse.
But they operate on instinct. Hyenas kill lion cubs to cull the competition for prey. Dolphins and ducks operate on mating instinct.
They don't think about the acts, they preform them.
Some bacteria and viruses killed off millions, still not evil.
Evil requires to knowingly and willingly commit an act you KNOW is wrong. That's why we don't execute people who are too insane to know right from wrong. We lock them up in a mental institution.
But they operate on instinct. Hyenas kill lion cubs to cull the competition for prey. Dolphins and ducks operate on mating instinct.
They don't think about the acts, they preform them.
Some bacteria and viruses killed off millions, still not evil.
Evil requires to knowingly and willingly commit an act you KNOW is wrong. That's why we don't execute people who are too insane to know right from wrong. We lock them up in a mental institution.
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TheMather ONLINE (02/03/2015) [-] Juvenile dolphins also frequently engage in systematic bullying of other animals, including other dolphins.
They don't eat them, they don't do it to establish a hierarchy, they just pick individuals that are weaker than them and beat them up in groups, sometimes to the point where the victim dies from ruptured organs etc. from repeated bludgeoning.
They don't eat them, they don't do it to establish a hierarchy, they just pick individuals that are weaker than them and beat them up in groups, sometimes to the point where the victim dies from ruptured organs etc. from repeated bludgeoning.
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angelusprimus (02/03/2015) [-] Juveniles training for fighting to be able to defend the group later on.
Like kittens training to hunt with hurt little animals mother brings them.
Still instinct, and they are still not AWARE to know what they are doing is wrong.
Again:
Evil means you know something is wrong, and you do it anyway.
Like kittens training to hunt with hurt little animals mother brings them.
Still instinct, and they are still not AWARE to know what they are doing is wrong.
Again:
Evil means you know something is wrong, and you do it anyway.
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angelusprimus (02/03/2015) [-] Well... yes, exactly.
Animals are not good or evil. Because they do not make choices based on morality. They make choices based on instinct and training.
I am not, nor was I ever saying animals are better than people.
Just that evil is a human thing. If another animal evolves to be intelligent enough to develop a moral code, or if we find aliens, than we can talk about good and evil in other species. But for now its a purely human thing.
Animals are not good or evil. Because they do not make choices based on morality. They make choices based on instinct and training.
I am not, nor was I ever saying animals are better than people.
Just that evil is a human thing. If another animal evolves to be intelligent enough to develop a moral code, or if we find aliens, than we can talk about good and evil in other species. But for now its a purely human thing.
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TheMather ONLINE (02/03/2015) [-] No, they aren't training. Most dolphins don't have any natural predators, they're at the top of the food chain. Even sharks don't dare approach dolphins.
They do it for fun, and they know it's wrong because they only do it at the age equivalent to the human teenage rebellious stage. Dolphins are highly intelligent, actually communicating in a spoken language and having names for eachother, they're doing it for schadenfreude because they know it causes the victim pain.
They do it for fun, and they know it's wrong because they only do it at the age equivalent to the human teenage rebellious stage. Dolphins are highly intelligent, actually communicating in a spoken language and having names for eachother, they're doing it for schadenfreude because they know it causes the victim pain.
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angelusprimus (02/03/2015) [-] Yeah, you can believe dolphins are that smart.
Its not what scientists say. But you can believe it. Good ole' myths are always more fun than reality.
www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329880.700-behind-the-smile-what-dolphins-really-think.html
Its not what scientists say. But you can believe it. Good ole' myths are always more fun than reality.
www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329880.700-behind-the-smile-what-dolphins-really-think.html
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TheMather ONLINE (02/03/2015) [-] Nope, that guy is just full of **** .
www.pnas.org/content/102/25/8939.full
Tool use, unlike other animals that do it, is not a natural thing that dolphins do. It's something passed down in one family after its discovery by a single individual. This is evidence of culture, something otherwise unique to primates.
www.pnas.org/content/98/10/5937.full
Here you see dolphins actually using the mirror as a tool to examine its own body. Not only do they recognize themselves in the mirror, as the author of your article claimed they couldn't, but they know they can use it to see parts of their bodies they normally couldn't. It also shows that they were able to learn that they were being tricked, and then later correct their behavior once they saw evidence that it was no longer a trick.
www.newscientist.com/article/dn20874-dolphins-call-each-other-by-name.html
And as a bonus, same site as yours, there's evidence that even in nature they have a behavior otherwise unique to humans.
www.pnas.org/content/102/25/8939.full
Tool use, unlike other animals that do it, is not a natural thing that dolphins do. It's something passed down in one family after its discovery by a single individual. This is evidence of culture, something otherwise unique to primates.
www.pnas.org/content/98/10/5937.full
Here you see dolphins actually using the mirror as a tool to examine its own body. Not only do they recognize themselves in the mirror, as the author of your article claimed they couldn't, but they know they can use it to see parts of their bodies they normally couldn't. It also shows that they were able to learn that they were being tricked, and then later correct their behavior once they saw evidence that it was no longer a trick.
www.newscientist.com/article/dn20874-dolphins-call-each-other-by-name.html
And as a bonus, same site as yours, there's evidence that even in nature they have a behavior otherwise unique to humans.
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angelusprimus (02/03/2015) [-] Cows call eachother by name. Hardly an unique trait.
And now I can pull another article, then you'll find more.
So I'm going to stop here and agree to disagree with you.
From everything I've read and studied, I concluded that idea of almost human intelligence dolphins is a romantic fantasy. I'm fine with others believing otherwise if they actually studied the topic.
Science at it best is about diverging theories until one is proven wrong.
And now I can pull another article, then you'll find more.
So I'm going to stop here and agree to disagree with you.
From everything I've read and studied, I concluded that idea of almost human intelligence dolphins is a romantic fantasy. I'm fine with others believing otherwise if they actually studied the topic.
Science at it best is about diverging theories until one is proven wrong.
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girrafalopegis (02/03/2015) [-] mfw I have four dogs that I love unconditionally despite them pissing in my room if I don't close the door
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mikearnold (02/03/2015) [-] Dogs are truly a man's best friend.
RIP Peggy Mae Arnold
Nov 11, 2003 - Feb 3, 2015
RIP Peggy Mae Arnold
Nov 11, 2003 - Feb 3, 2015
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butterduck (02/03/2015) [-] **butterduck used "*roll picture*"**
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I just realized how sad I'm gonna be when my rat terrier dies.
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I just realized how sad I'm gonna be when my rat terrier dies.
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eightbitrock (02/03/2015) [-] sorry to hear about your dog, i lost my puppy about a year ago and i haven't been the same since
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therockofshame (02/03/2015) [-] Mine died a few months ago and I still get feels whenever I see a dog thread.
