Most people I meet and discuss this with either over-estimate animals and think that they're on par with humans, if not better, or don't see them as possesing any intelligence at all.
Personally, I just think people who under-estimate animals (as in the commentator on said video posting) lack general knowledge of how important evolved instincts are to survival. You don't have to be a scientist to know that most creatures posses built in instincts to survive and do what benefits them (such as a dog's loyalty to their protector) and you don't have to be a philosopher to acknowledge that instinct doesn't always equivilate to intelligence. Of course humans and animals relate. We're all born and bred to survive. Never underestimate an organism's will to breed and survive.
Do you think humans underestimate some animals?
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Most people I meet and discuss this with either over-estimate animals and think that they're on par with humans, if not better, or don't see them as possesing any intelligence at all.
Personally, I just think people who under-estimate animals (as in the commentator on said video posting) lack general knowledge of how important evolved instincts are to survival. You don't have to be a scientist to know that most creatures posses built in instincts to survive and do what benefits them (such as a dog's loyalty to their protector) and you don't have to be a philosopher to acknowledge that instinct doesn't always equivilate to intelligence. Of course humans and animals relate. We're all born and bred to survive. Never underestimate an organism's will to breed and survive.
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Well said (written) :)