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Do any animals, other than us, have an awareness of their own mortality? (continued)
Paul Wolf Arundel, Maine, US
The question is backwards. What proof do we have that other animals aren’t aware of mortality? In the absence of such proof, it should be assumed they are, since the only animal we have insight into (humans) clearly is aware of its mortality. Assuming other animals don’t have this awareness is a presumption of human chauvinism – that we are somehow special and different from other animals.
Increasingly, research and observations of animal intelligence show that we may not be so different.…
