Would you consider yourself an intelligent animal?

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Would you consider yourself an intelligent animal?
(1) Yes, that's all humans are, (very) intelligent animals! 70%  70%  [ 33 ]
(2) Yes, humans are intelligent animals, but with an extra "soul" attached to them. 13%  13%  [ 6 ]
(3) I'm not really sure about it! 11%  11%  [ 5 ]
(4) No! Humans are not intelligent animals. Both are living, but humans cannot be considered to be animals. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
(5) No! The question is rhetorical, because humans and animals cannot even be compared! 6%  6%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 47

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24 Feb 2013, 1:58 am

Depends on what you mean by intelligent.



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31 Mar 2013, 11:47 am

Humans are just another species in the animal kingdom...
Considering other species telepath well i think i wont even say what i think of most humans



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31 Mar 2013, 7:29 pm

Humans are intelligent animals.

If humans can be said to have souls, I see no reason why other animals shouldn't have them too.



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31 Mar 2013, 7:45 pm

I didn't vote because none of the options fit my perspective/opinion.

I consider humans to be one kind of animal among many. I don't think human intelligence is superior to that of other species.


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31 Mar 2013, 8:23 pm

I put H is for Human on an elementary school paper where we had to identify an animal with each letter of the alphabet (I was also the only one with an X animal). Surprisingly I got a good grade despite it being a catholic school. I'm with animalcrackers though, I see very many intelligent animals, and not just primates/dolphins/crows. The carolla spiders gather squatz crystals to line their dens and then attach threads to them, as a sort of alarm system. When prey walks on the stones, vibrations travel through the rock and down the threads. You could just brush it off as evolution, but that is very smart for a creature with such a different nervous system to do in the first place.


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