You can't compare canines to dolphins any more than you can compare monkeys to tortoises.
It is a well known fact that dolphins are every bit as intelligent as humans, if not more so. In fact there are some scientists who believe that dolphins are the humans who never left the oceans.
Though dogs do seem to have thought, it is nothing like human thought. Dogs do not have language and therefor cannot think in words as we do. Their communication is more in actions rather than ideas. A wagging tail indicates happiness, ears back and teeth bared indicates anger or fear, etc.
It is a human failing to ascribe human emotions to animals. Animals do not smile or laugh; it just appears so to us. Parrots do not understand the words they say; they just parrot the words.
Dogs are not nearly as smart as dolphins. But from experience I know that their communication is far more complex than just a handful of physical gestures.
I didn't say dogs are as smart as dolphins, just that both have been studied and exhibit more than innate mental processing.
In fact, parrots were the subject of one of the studies and the conclusion was that they were far more sentient in their use of "people" words and sentences than once thought.
Is it normal to think animals think and communicate mentally
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You can't compare canines to dolphins any more than you can compare monkeys to tortoises.
It is a well known fact that dolphins are every bit as intelligent as humans, if not more so. In fact there are some scientists who believe that dolphins are the humans who never left the oceans.
Though dogs do seem to have thought, it is nothing like human thought. Dogs do not have language and therefor cannot think in words as we do. Their communication is more in actions rather than ideas. A wagging tail indicates happiness, ears back and teeth bared indicates anger or fear, etc.
It is a human failing to ascribe human emotions to animals. Animals do not smile or laugh; it just appears so to us. Parrots do not understand the words they say; they just parrot the words.
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Dogs are not nearly as smart as dolphins. But from experience I know that their communication is far more complex than just a handful of physical gestures.
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if dolphins is so smart how come they cant catch squirrels in my yard like my dawg?
I didn't say dogs are as smart as dolphins, just that both have been studied and exhibit more than innate mental processing.
In fact, parrots were the subject of one of the studies and the conclusion was that they were far more sentient in their use of "people" words and sentences than once thought.