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Neugodu je teško uočiti. Po definiciji, to je osjećaj koji se pokušava sakriti. No svjetski poznata primatolog Jane Goodall vjeruje da je primijetila nešto što bi se moglo nazvati posramljenošću kod čimpanza.
Fifi je bila ženka čimpanze koju je Jane poznavala više od 40 godina. Kad je Fifino najstarije dijete, Freud, bilo pet i pol godina, njegov ujak, Fifin brat Figan, bio je alfa mužjak njihove zajednice čimpanza. Freud je uvijek slijedio Figana kao da obožava velikog mužjaka.
Jednom, dok je Fifi njegovala Figan, Freud se popeo uz tanku stabljiku divljeg trpuca. Kad je stigao do lisnate krošnje, počeo se divlje njihati naprijed-natrag. Da je ljudsko dijete, rekli bismo da se razmeće. Odjednom je stabljika pukla i Freud se strmoglavio u dugu travu. Nije ozlijeđen. Sletio je blizu Jane, a kad mu je glava izronila iz trave, vidjela je kako je pogledao Figana. Je li primijetio? Ako i jest, nije obraćao pažnju, nego se nastavio dotjerivati. Freud se vrlo tiho popeo na drugo drvo i počeo hraniti.
Psiholog sa Sveučilišta Harvard Marc Hauser promatrao je nešto što bi se moglo nazvati neugodnošću kod mužjaka rezus majmuna. Nakon parenja sa ženkom, mužjak se šepurio i slučajno pao u jarak. Ustao je i brzo pogledao oko sebe. Nakon što je osjetio da ga drugi majmuni nisu vidjeli kako se prevrće, odmarširao je, visoko podignutih leđa, podignute glave i repa, kao da se ništa nije dogodilo.
Spašavanje životinja: Osjećaj suosjećanja za one kojima je potrebna pomoć
Brojne su priče o životinjama koje spašavaju pripadnike svoje i drugih vrsta, uključujući i ljude. Oni pokazuju kako pojedinci različitih vrsta pokazuju suosjećanje i empatiju za one kojima je to potrebno.
U Torquayu u Australiji, nakon što je majku klokanicu udario automobil, pas je otkrio mladunče Joeyja u njezinoj torbi i odnio ga vlasniku koji se brinuo za mladunče. 10-godišnji pas i 4-mjesečni Joey s vremenom su postali najbolji prijatelji.
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Na plaži u Novom Zelandu, dupin je priskočio u pomoć dvama malim kitovima sjemena koji su se nasukali iza pješčanog spruda. Nakon što su ljudi uzalud pokušavali odvesti kitove u dublju vodu, dupin se pojavio i dva kita su ga slijedila natrag u ocean.
Psi su također poznati po tome što pomažu onima u nevolji. Izgubljena džukela pit bulla prekinula je pokušaj pljačke žene koja je sa svojim sinom napustila igralište u Port Charlotteu na Floridi. Službenik za kontrolu životinja rekao je da je očito pas pokušavao obraniti ženu, koju nije poznavao. A izvan Buenos Airesa, u Argentini, pas je spasio napuštenu bebu smjestivši ga na sigurno među vlastite novorođene štence. Nevjerojatno, pas je nosio bebu oko 150 stopa do mjesta gdje su ležali njezini štenci nakon što je otkrio bebu prekrivenu krpom u polju.
Raven Justice?
U svojoj knjizi, Mind of the Raven , biolog i stručnjak za gavrane Bernd Heinrich primijetio je da gavrani pamte jedinku koja im stalno pljačka skrovišta ako je uhvate na djelu. Ponekad će se gavran pridružiti napadu na uljeza čak i ako nije vidio da se tajna memorija napada.
Je li to moralno? Čini se da Heinrich misli da jest. O ovakvom ponašanju kaže: "Bio je to moralni gavran koji je tražio ljudski ekvivalent pravde, jer je branio interese grupe uz potencijalnu cijenu za sebe."
U pokusima koji su uslijedili, Heinrich je potvrdio da grupni interesi mogu utjecati na ono što pojedini gavran odluči učiniti. Gavrani i mnoge druge životinje žive prema društvenim normama koje favoriziraju poštenje i pravdu.
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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.