@clamchowderbaby:

Giga Longbottom :

you aren’t blinking 🤔

lynn :

Orcas even "speak" different languages depending on family or heritage. Yet ppl want to tell us they wouldn"'t know

unicornsparkles4evaaa :

They think not speaking english = robots

Fuchsy 🏳️‍⚧️ :

Alot of animals have so mutch more sentience than most humans

YokaiYankee91 :

I got two tortie sisters, one 🩶 I pulled in from my front sidewalk because I thought something was wrong with her. Come to find out she's deaf. The other 🖤 came in a few months later right as the first cold snap of the year was blowing in. Both recognized each other immediately. This one of their many pictures together.

Jeff60712 :

the no blinking has to be ragebait at that point

Capt. Dunsel :

Animals are people too

Fuwapy0n :

the philosophical zombie is a concept that is supposed to be a thought experiment please don't treat living beings as if they were that

AdventureRainbow :

Some people don’t even think other adult humans are sentient 🤷‍♀️

tamsin 🐦‍⬛🦋 :

animals have incredible social structures!!! my fish are incredibly gregarious and they are so fun to watch but they also like to watch me too…. fish are way smarter than they are given credit for

Nerē Fullv :

Yes! Cows, pigs, and chickens too. But we don’t really care about that do we…

teegs🐾 :

horses are extremely intelligent and people don’t realise it! they can identify human emotions by facial expressions

Drew DePew :

Swans mate for LIFE!!! It’s so prevalent in media how do people not Cherish that animals love ??

Large Allen :

Family mattering is almost quintessential for being a mammal. It’s not true for every species but obviously mammals have to take care of their young for a certain period of time meaning that many many many species of mammals evolved to take those familial bonds past just the feeding stage.

Austin W :

Orcas too

Beetle :

I just think about how elephants know their family’s BONES even after moving away from the area for a while. Of course animals know

swampwolves :

I’m with you 10000%, they know!!

owen :

even the hamsters they probably had as kids obviously know their own family (in the case of hamsters family is the only excuse outside mating to not be murdered on sight.. at least up to a certain age

Isshi :

That is not my cat :

Never blink

DoMoney67 :

Underwood Acres :

As someone that keeps sheep, pigs, and birds, it is wildly ignorant to think animals don’t understand their own social structures.

sewerkitten95 :

yes but dont forget that this does not stop mating! most animals know "family" this means nothing to them in mating because they have no concept of inbreeding, generally. Theres always exceptions but on the majority.

ilia 🍉 :

do you blink

𝘼𝙗𝙮𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙡_𝙎𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙣 :

Yeah but animals don't pay bills nor they wake up at 6 to clock in so they are essentially moving furniture under the eyes of society