Sundray@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoDo animals have emotions like us?lemmus.orgimagemessage-square208fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down118file-text
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minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·10 months 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.
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minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoIf size is what matters, then whales, elephants, and dolphins all have more complex brains than humans.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-210 months 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.
minus-squarebitchkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoSo you’re saying my 10 lb jack russell has less complex brain than a Labrador Retriever?
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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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.
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… yes
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So you’re saying my 10 lb jack russell has less complex brain than a Labrador Retriever?