Reddit Animals

MAY 21, 2023

Jungle leopards are in general larger than their savanna cousins, but they are nevertheless just about the same size as a human. Gorillas and chimps can throw open handed slaps, slam with their arms, bite, toss, and many other things, but throw a punch as a human can they cannot do. While gorillas can certainly get bigger than 127.5

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 19, 2016

"There is no longer dispute among serious scientists that humans aren’t the only animals who have the capacity to suffer physically and mentally. Elephants, great apes, orcas, dogs, cats, and many other animals can experience depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and compulsive disorders.

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For Animals Apes Psychology Suffering 40

Critter News

APRIL 27, 2010

I believe that great apes do have that capacity. Heck, even my cats visibly missed old Charlotte who died last August. It makes it even harder to subject chimps to experiments if you keep discovering these human similarities. A couple of studies imply that chimpanzees may mourn their dead. I believe they do.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 6, 2010

I did tweet about " Scientists Say Dolphins Should Be Treated As 'Non-human Persons' " yesterday, as I think this is a Gray Matter for a lot of people and might be interesting to explore. Dolphins are so smart that scientists think they should be treated as "non-human persons" and as such it is "morally unacceptable" to use or kill them.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 17, 2007

To the Editor: Re “An Ape Types in Iowa” (column, Aug. 9): Gail Collins writes: “Human-ape conversation was a very hot topic back in the late 1960s, when researchers first taught a chimpanzee named Washoe to use sign language. The Great Ape Trust is the only place in America where this kind of research still goes on.”

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New York Times New York Apes Georgia 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2007

But this means that the apes appeal to animal-rights activists for precisely the wrong reason—namely, that they look like people and behave like people, while making no moral demands. Scruton appears to be saying that it’s selfish, or self-indulgent, to live with, love, and provide for dogs, cats, birds, and other animals.

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