Sundray@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDo animals have emotions like us?lemmus.orgimagemessage-square202fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageDo animals have emotions like us?lemmus.orgSundray@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square202fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoJust because we understand their emotions only on a basic level doesn’t mean they’re not more complicated. There is a lot we don’t understand and can’t understand.
minus-squarebitchkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoSo you’re saying my 10 lb jack russell has less complex brain than a Labrador Retriever?
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoIf size is what matters, then whales, elephants, and dolphins all have more complex brains than humans.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoTheir neurons are bigger tho. The odd case are bird brains, they work a bit different than mammalian but are as smart as ravens in a small package, while human neurons are as small as physically can be.
Just because we understand their emotions only on a basic level doesn’t mean they’re not more complicated.
There is a lot we don’t understand and can’t understand.
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So you’re saying my 10 lb jack russell has less complex brain than a Labrador Retriever?
If size is what matters, then whales, elephants, and dolphins all have more complex brains than humans.
Their neurons are bigger tho. The odd case are bird brains, they work a bit different than mammalian but are as smart as ravens in a small package, while human neurons are as small as physically can be.
… yes
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