Is Human a kind of animal?

[Viker]

Why should I believe that?

Because it's demonstrable. Do you ever eat when you are hungry?

 

[Viker]

I don't think human in any case becomes an animal.

If people make a criteria that fits to animals and humans, then it is so. I think it is wrong.

If it's wrong, then show how and why.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Why should I believe that?

I don't think you should take anything anyone tells you at face value.

Take what they say, do some research on your own, experiment, observe, and come to your own conclusion.

 

[Altfish]

Do you think of yourself and other people as a sort of Animal, or you consider yourself superior to animals?
Please explain your thoughts.

I have a better brain than other animals; but in so many ways I am inferior to animals.
I can't fly, only just swim, hardly climb trees, slow runner, etc

 

[Audie]

I have a better brain than other animals; but in so many ways I am inferior to animals.
I can't fly, only just swim, hardly climb trees, slow runner, etc

Better, till you try to echolocate,
navigate thousands of miles, and some few
other mental capabilities of those mere animals.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Yes, we're animals but we're not better than any other species in this planet. Often it's the opposite. I don't believe we're the smartest by a long shot. Humans are not ruled by intellect or reason.

 

[Secret Chief]

a better brain

Liz Truss.

 

[Subduction Zone]

No.

Well I am confused, you don't think that you are a human. You don't think that you are a tree. . . . Oh! I have it! You think that you are a fungus.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Well I am confused, you don't think that you are a human. You don't think that you are a tree. . . . Oh! I have it! You think that you are a fungus.

Or mineral!

 

[Whateverist]

I don't think human in any case becomes an animal.

We can't 'become' that which we already are so I agree.

 

[syo]

The poll is HORROR!

 

[Whateverist]

The poll is HORROR!

For anyone so invested in the specialness of humanity that they must contrive their total exclusion from the animal kingdom I suppose it would be. But why insist on such a ridiculous division? For that matter why not insist that while other creatures are composed of cells and atoms, humankind is composed of God's clay and fairy dust?

 

[sun rise]

I think dogs are better problem-solvers than cats and dogs are bred for certain purposes.

Dogs can also be trained to obey. I never saw a cat that was trainable. If a cat does not want to do something it is near impossible to get that cat to do it. It is a nightmare trying to groom all these Persian cats by myself. Sometimes I try to trick them with food but they figure out what I am doing pretty fast.

Cats can be trained but only a few will truly be stars.

 

[Mock Turtle]

The poll is HORROR!

The two votes?

 

[syo]

For anyone so invested in the specialness of humanity that they must contrive their total exclusion from the animal kingdom I suppose it would be. But why insist on such a ridiculous division? For that matter why not insist that while other creatures are composed of cells and atoms, humankind is composed of God's clay and fairy dust?

Huh?

 

[syo]

The two votes?

The two votes are horror! And the first option says humans are smarter??? what on earth???

 

[SalixIncendium]

what on earth???

Nope. On the moon.

But that's only because there are no other animals there.

 

[syo]

Nope. On the moon.

But that's only because there are no other animals there.

Laika was there.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Laika was there.

No, she wasn't. She was launched into low earth orbit, not to the moon.

 

[Trailblazer]

One of the many things I love about cats is how they can ignore you in such a way that it clearly communicates to you that they are ignoring you.

or the opposite.... they can pester you in a way that clearly communicates they are not going to leave you alone until they get what they want, which can be attention but is more often food!