🧠Sentient Animals
Sentient Animals
There is overwhelming evidence that many other animals are sentient like us. Cambridge neuroscientists: "Humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness. Non-human animals, including all mammals and birds, and many other creatures [...] also possess these neural substrates." https://books.google.com/books?id=UyAhBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 Fish feel pain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_in_animals#Vertebrates Most animals are sentient and some are even self-aware, though some animals (like coral and bivalves) are likely not sentient.
Self-Aware Animals
The mirror test indicates self-awareness. Animals who have passed the mirror test: - Great apes - Asiatic elephants - Rays - Dolphins - Orcas - Eurasian magpie - Orangutans - Cuttlefish - Ants (yes, seriously) Humans typically pass the mirror test at 2-years-old
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