What Your Pet Is Thinking' In The Shadow Of Man

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There are many documented cases of animal intelligence and compassion but are they true? Animals have shown amazing signs of intelligence and some elephants have shown great signs of consciousness in their habitat. They have also shown human like signs of compassion towards their species and other species. In the short stories “What Your Pet Is Thinking” “In The Shadow Of Man” also in a couple Ted Talks “Why Elephants Never Forget” “The Gentle Genius Of Bonobos” and “ How Smart are Animals” documentary they give strong evidence of animal intelligence and compassion and somewhat conscious of the world outside of their home. First off there not a lot of studies that truly prove that animals are conscious of what's around them. Scientists can't prove a dog is conscious of it surroundings using food it doesn't make the study valid says Bonnie …show more content…

There are some studies that do prove that animals are conscious though. In “Why Elephants Never Forget” elephants have remembered a drought from when they were young so they remember to not go to that area for water. Also many elephant herds have a better survival rate if the leader is an elder because they’ve been around longer and remember more places that aren’t safe. Lastly the only other piece of evidence of a conscious animal is Alex the parrot because he was able to communicate and know what he was saying it wasn't just nothing like “Polly wants a cracker” it was actual communication. This doesn't mean animals aren’t conscious it just means there isn’t enough evidence and studies to back it up. Next studies have shown that animals are compassionate and have showed in in different ways. In “What Your Pet Is Thinking” Grace is a elephant in her own herd but another elephant was in trouble in a different herd and Grace went out of her way to try and help

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