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Mae'n anodd arsylwi embaras. Yn ôl diffiniad, mae'n deimlad bod rhywun yn ceisio cuddio. Ond mae'r primatolegydd byd enwog Jane Goodall yn credu ei bod wedi arsylwi ar yr hyn y gellid ei alw'n embaras mewn tsimpansî.
Tsimpansî benywaidd oedd Fifi yr oedd Jane yn ei hadnabod am fwy na 40 mlynedd. Pan oedd plentyn hynaf Fifi, Freud, yn bump a hanner oed, roedd ei ewythr, brawd Fifi, Figan, yn wryw alffa yn eu cymuned tsimpansî. Roedd Freud bob amser yn dilyn Figan fel pe bai'n addoli'r gwryw mawr.
Unwaith, wrth i Fifi baratoi at Figan, dringodd Freud i fyny coesyn tenau llyriad gwyllt. Pan gyrhaeddodd y goron ddeiliog, dechreuodd siglo'n wyllt yn ôl ac ymlaen. Pe bai'n blentyn dynol, byddem wedi dweud ei fod yn dangos i ffwrdd. Yn sydyn torrodd y coesyn a chwympodd Freud i'r glaswellt hir. Ni chafodd ei frifo. Glaniodd yn agos at Jane, ac wrth i'w ben ddod i'r amlwg o'r glaswellt gwelodd ef yn edrych draw ar Figan. Oedd o wedi sylwi? Os oedd, ni thalodd unrhyw sylw ond aeth ymlaen i gael ei feithrin. Dringodd Freud goeden arall yn dawel iawn a dechreuodd fwydo.
Sylwodd seicolegydd Prifysgol Harvard Marc Hauser yr hyn y gellid ei alw'n embaras mewn mwnci rhesws gwrywaidd. Ar ôl paru gyda merch, fe estynnodd y gwryw i ffwrdd a syrthio i ffos yn ddamweiniol. Cododd i fyny ac edrych o gwmpas yn gyflym. Ar ôl synhwyro nad oedd unrhyw fwncïod eraill yn ei weld yn cwympo, gorymdeithiodd i ffwrdd, yn ôl yn uchel, ei ben a'i gynffon i fyny, fel pe na bai dim wedi digwydd.
Achub Anifeiliaid: Teimlo Tosturi at y Rhai Mewn Angen
Mae straeon am anifeiliaid yn achub eu haelodau eu hunain a rhywogaethau eraill, gan gynnwys bodau dynol, yn niferus. Dangosant sut mae unigolion o wahanol rywogaethau yn dangos tosturi ac empathi tuag at rai mewn angen.
Yn Torquay, Awstralia, ar ôl i fam gangarŵ gael ei daro gan gar, darganfu ci joey babi yn ei chwd a mynd ag ef at ei berchennog a oedd yn gofalu am y llanc. Daeth y ci 10 oed a joey 4 mis oed yn ffrindiau gorau yn y pen draw.
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Ar draeth yn Seland Newydd, daeth dolffin i achub dau forfil sberm pigmi oedd yn sownd y tu ôl i far tywod. Ar ôl i bobl geisio'n ofer i gael y morfilod i mewn i ddŵr dyfnach, fe ymddangosodd y dolffin a'r ddau forfil yn ei ddilyn yn ôl i'r cefnfor.
Mae cŵn hefyd yn adnabyddus am helpu'r rhai mewn angen. Torrodd mutt tarw pwll coll ymgais i fygio dynes yn gadael maes chwarae gyda'i mab yn Port Charlotte, Florida. Dywedodd swyddog rheoli anifeiliaid ei bod yn amlwg bod y ci yn ceisio amddiffyn y ddynes, nad oedd yn ei hadnabod. A thu allan i Buenos Aires, yr Ariannin, achubodd ci fabi gadawedig trwy ei osod yn ddiogel ymhlith ei chŵn bach newydd-anedig ei hun. Yn rhyfeddol, roedd y ci yn cario'r babi tua 150 troedfedd i'r man lle gorweddodd ei chŵn bach ar ôl darganfod y babi wedi'i orchuddio â chlwt mewn cae.
Cyfiawnder Cigfran?
Yn ei lyfr, Mind of the Raven , sylwodd y biolegydd a’r arbenigwr ar gigfran Bernd Heinrich fod cigfrain yn cofio am unigolyn sy’n cyrchu eu celc yn gyson os ydynt yn ei ddal yn yr act. Weithiau bydd cigfran yn ymuno ag ymosodiad ar dresmaswr hyd yn oed os na welodd y celc yn cael ei ysbeilio.
A yw hyn yn foesol? Mae'n ymddangos bod Heinrich yn meddwl ei fod. Dywed am yr ymddygiad hwn, "Cigfran foesol oedd yn ceisio cyfiawnder dynol, oherwydd ei fod yn amddiffyn buddiant y grŵp ar gost bosibl iddo'i hun."
Mewn arbrofion dilynol, cadarnhaodd Heinrich y gallai diddordebau grŵp ysgogi'r hyn y mae cigfran unigol yn penderfynu ei wneud. Mae cigfrain a llawer o anifeiliaid eraill yn byw yn ôl normau cymdeithasol sy'n ffafrio tegwch a chyfiawnder.
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We who 'know' always knew the animal kindom were far more aware than the controlling factions wanted us to believe....we felt their suffering, we shared their love, we understood their unspoken language. God truly exists in all living things. Very nice article - thanks for sharing!
When I was 12 years old, my horse had a stroke and had to be put down. I looked out the window at his body, lifeless and lying in the corral. I watched as Socks, the matriarch of the barn cats, walked towards the body, followed by a single-file line of the other dozen-or-so kittens and cats. Watching from inside the house I thought, "Oh no, they're going to eat him." But I didn't interrupt. When the slow parade reached the body, the cats sat down about two feet away, in an arc, smelling and looking. After some time Socks stood up, turned around and walked back to the barn, followed in orderly procession by the others.
Even 30 years later I am touched by this memory.
This horse (Bourbon Jim was his name) had been a huge high-strung Thoroughbred, but he was gentle and considerate with the cats. Once when I came home from school I found three kittens on his back. I couldn't figure how they got up there. This kept happening until one day I saw: The little kittens, with their sharp little kitten claws, were climbing up his front legs and up over his sides to sit atop his back. Bourbon didn't even flinch.
[Hide Full Comment]Thank you for dispelling the myth we have all been told. Everything we do influences every living being. It is time we all kept ourselves conscious of this. Thank you so much!
About the same time we adopted the silver-grey kitten, Griffin, we also adopted a white rabbit, Angel. They were kit and kitten together and played all summer in the back yard. Angel was a house-rabbit. In the fall, I bunny-proofed my office for him, and put a baby-gate at the door, so he couldn't get to the rest of the house. Since I don't like the cold, Angel didn't get to go out much, but Griffin continued to play with him inside.
In the early spring, Griffin once showed up at the back door with a huge pile of leaves in his mouth, bigger than his head. He zipped right by me and took off down the hall toward my office. Griffin jumped over the gate and ran to the bunny. I was freaking out, thinking he had a mouse in his mouth along with all those leaves. But no, he just dumped the leaves on the floor in front of Angel. No mouse, thankfully. Then Griffin waited for Angel to react. I think the bunny was as confused as me. So Griffin rolled in the leaves, with his belly in the air. I could almost hear him saying: "Since you couldn’t come outside with me, I brought spring in to you." And Angel jumped in the leaves with him.
[Hide Full Comment]How lovely. Animals are the best of teachers. They live lovingly and ask so little in return. Surely there are animals in heaven. Would it be heaven if there were no animals? Perhaps all beings who are loved, animal and human with join after this life on planet earth is complete for for a magnificent heavenly reunion, and we will continue our work and play in the presence of the great I AM.
Yes Animals are intelligent and have emotional lives but that does not mean I have to love all dogs or all other animals. Some of them are simply unlovable, just like some humans. The pitbulls who killed the six year old boy coming back from school in switzerland were certainly not lovable.
It is only the arrogant among us who claim a special status for our own, based on such superficial considerations as ethnicity, culture, color of skin, gender or having a human body.
The compassionate have always known that we are all children of the same source. We are unique and different in many ways but that does not make us superior than others.
We need no scientific research to tell us this fundamental truth.
AN EXCELLENT AND VERY KNOWLEDGABLE ARTICLE WHICH HAS INDEED CHANGED THE WAY OF THINKING ABOUT ANIMALS
EDWARD
DELHI (INDIA)
I always said animals are way better then humans! Loyality, unconditional love and they never intentionally break our hearts. God sent them here so would we know good.
where are the citations/references for the scientific research?
Yes, I agree with the comment of Womanswork below: as someone who spends the majority of their time with eight companion animals, including a parrot, I can attest to the fact that they exhibit feelings of joy, sadness, insecurity, jealousy and envy, among a range of other emotions. And the best thing is, they don't hide these feelings; they're writ large for all to see, if in fact one is willing to see...it's so much better than the emotional dissembling of humans.
Oh my, if only animals could use "words" and tell us more ......perhaps then we would listen....we dont seem to hear their needs at all by their body language etc....How "dumb" are we humans really, when we dont treat our fellow creatures with more respect , love and appreciation,
I have watched my grandsons dalmation watch my grandsons shadow to see "where" he is going to throw the ball that he is hiding behind his back....I tested him 3 times couldnt believe his intelligence , how pathetic of me!!!!!!
How DO we get people to understand this about animals? I do not know. thank you for sharing all this wonderful information.....
Finally, Science is catching up to what I and many others have known forever! To think animals don't feel or think is the height of elitism
When I take my morning walks and observe nature I often think we are at the bottom of the chain. I am in awe of trees. The are so present they no longer need to move. They feed themselves from above and below and in the fall the leaves they shed create more nutrients for themselves and others.