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Ang kahihiyan ay mahirap obserbahan. Sa pamamagitan ng kahulugan, ito ay isang pakiramdam na sinusubukang itago ng isang tao. Ngunit naniniwala ang sikat na primatologist sa mundo na si Jane Goodall na naobserbahan niya ang matatawag na kahihiyan sa mga chimpanzee.
Si Fifi ay isang babaeng chimpanzee na kilala ni Jane nang higit sa 40 taon. Nang ang panganay na anak ni Fifi, si Freud, ay lima at kalahating taong gulang, ang kanyang tiyuhin, ang kapatid ni Fifi na si Figan, ay ang alpha male ng kanilang komunidad ng chimpanzee. Laging sinusundan ni Freud si Figan na parang sinasamba niya ang malaking lalaki.
Minsan, habang inaayos ni Fifi si Figan, inakyat ni Freud ang manipis na tangkay ng isang ligaw na plantain. Nang maabot niya ang madahong korona, nagsimula siyang umindayog nang pabalik-balik. Kung naging anak siya ng tao, sasabihin namin na nagpapakita siya. Biglang nabali ang tangkay at bumagsak si Freud sa mahabang damo. Hindi siya nasaktan. Lumapit siya kay Jane, at nang lumabas ang ulo niya mula sa damuhan ay nakita niyang tumingin siya kay Figan. Napansin ba niya? Kung meron man, hindi niya pinansin bagkus ay nagpatuloy siya sa pag-aayos. Si Freud ay tahimik na umakyat sa isa pang puno at nagsimulang kumain.
Ang psychologist ng Harvard University na si Marc Hauser ay naobserbahan kung ano ang matatawag na kahihiyan sa isang lalaking rhesus monkey. Pagkatapos makipag-asawa sa isang babae, ang lalaki ay tumilapon at aksidenteng nahulog sa isang kanal. Tumayo siya at mabilis na tumingin sa paligid. Matapos maramdaman na walang ibang unggoy ang nakakita sa kanya na bumagsak, siya ay nagmartsa paalis, pabalik na taas, ulo at buntot, na parang walang nangyari.
Animal Rescues: Pakiramdam ng Habag sa mga Nangangailangan
Ang mga kuwento tungkol sa mga hayop na nagliligtas sa mga miyembro ng kanilang sarili at iba pang mga species, kabilang ang mga tao, ay marami. Ipinakita nila kung paano nagpapakita ng pakikiramay at empatiya ang mga indibidwal ng iba't ibang species sa mga nangangailangan.
Sa Torquay, Australia, matapos mabangga ng kotse ang isang inang kangaroo, natuklasan ng isang aso ang isang baby joey sa kanyang pouch at dinala ito sa kanyang may-ari na nag-aalaga sa bata. Ang 10 taong gulang na aso at 4 na buwang gulang na si joey ay naging matalik na magkaibigan.
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Sa isang beach sa New Zealand, isang dolphin ang sumagip sa dalawang pygmy sperm whale na na-stranded sa likod ng sand bar. Matapos subukan ng mga tao na walang kabuluhan na ipasok ang mga balyena sa mas malalim na tubig, lumitaw ang dolphin at sinundan ito ng dalawang balyena pabalik sa karagatan.
Ang mga aso ay kilala rin sa pagtulong sa mga nangangailangan. Isang nawawalang pit bull mutt ang naghiwalay sa isang tangkang pagnanakaw sa isang babae na umalis sa isang palaruan kasama ang kanyang anak sa Port Charlotte, Florida. Sinabi ng isang animal control officer na malinaw na sinusubukan ng aso na ipagtanggol ang babae, na hindi niya kilala. At sa labas ng Buenos Aires, Argentina, isang aso ang nagligtas sa isang inabandunang sanggol sa pamamagitan ng paglalagay sa kanya nang ligtas sa mga sarili nitong bagong silang na tuta. Nakapagtataka, dinala ng aso ang sanggol mga 150 talampakan kung saan nakahiga ang kanyang mga tuta matapos matuklasan ang sanggol na natatakpan ng basahan sa isang bukid.
Raven Justice?
Sa kanyang aklat, Mind of the Raven , naobserbahan ng biologist at dalubhasa sa uwak na si Bernd Heinrich na naaalala ng mga uwak ang isang indibidwal na patuloy na umaatake sa kanilang mga cache kung mahuli nila siya sa akto. Minsan ang isang uwak ay sasali sa isang pag-atake sa isang nanghihimasok kahit na hindi niya nakita ang cache na ni-raid.
Ito ba ay moral? Parang iniisip ni Heinrich. Ang sabi niya tungkol sa pag-uugaling ito, "Ito ay isang moral na uwak na naghahanap ng katumbas ng katarungan ng tao, dahil ipinagtanggol nito ang interes ng grupo sa isang potensyal na gastos sa sarili nito."
Sa kasunod na mga eksperimento, kinumpirma ni Heinrich na ang mga interes ng grupo ay maaaring magmaneho kung ano ang desisyon ng isang indibidwal na uwak na gawin. Ang mga uwak at marami pang ibang hayop ay namumuhay ayon sa mga pamantayang panlipunan na pumapabor sa pagiging patas at katarungan.
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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.