Are humans just animals who can talk? Have animals feelings just like humans?

Question

and last question: Should humans leave animals in the wild where they belong? Let's discuss these questions.Why do u agree or disagree?

Answer 1

My mum always used to say to me "Stop behaving like an animal", so yes, man is DEFINITELY an animal.  And no, animals do not have feeling like humans.  They feel pain, hunger, thirst, etc., but they are guided by instinct, rather than thought.  Humans are sentient animals, aware of themselves.  We think, therefore we are! That is why we are called Homo Sapiens Sapiens.  

Animals behave like animals.  

Humans behave like humans, and also like animals.

Answer 2

most likely, animals, especially the great apes have feelings like humans. there is a lot of research supporting this. Should we leave them along? I think most anthropologists would say yes.

Answer 3

Yes, humans are animals that can talk, dress, control fire, and do many other things, because of the advanced proportion of our brain size to our body...

Certain animals, which have rudimentary brain development, which includes the production of basic emotions, are dogs and horses, which is why we feel kinship towards them!

Wild animals, is a very GENERAL concept. Certain wild animals can easily kill us, such as lions, tigers, crocodiles, sharks, and grizzly bears...

It's more a question of reserving appropriate habitat for them to survive, and NOT at our expense. Please be more specific, in what you would like to know!

Answer 4

Humans are of course animals that've evolved considerably since the first ancestor stole a bone from a predator & cracked it open with a rock. This led to increased protien & more rapid brain development. We suspect speach evolved with the Homo erectus, but it may have evolved with Homo hablis. Inate curiosity may have been the driving factor that allowed humans to plan for the future & determine how to produce tools & control fire.

Obviously other animals have feelings & memories, just as the human animal does. One animal (the gray wolf) joined human bands & assisted in hunting & guarding the camps at night, thus aiding the humans (poorly equipped with smell & hearing.)  Many wolves (domesticated dogs) can no longer survive without their human allies.

I think we must set aside land for wild animals, where they are safe from human encroachment, but also provide for the domesticated animals that can no longer survive without humans. Some of my property remains in a wild state & I also run a "no kill" dog shelter at my expense, where cast off dogs can live the remainder of their days in relative comfort. However, I raise beef cattle for a living & consider this a needed survival mechanism.

Too many people lie to themselves when they say animals do not display affection & emotions as humans do. Anyone that's seen Chimps & other primates grieve or display anger & fear knows this is something they have in common with humans. Dogs will often defend their humans with their lives.

Answer 5

Yes, humans are just one species in the animal kingdom. Yes, we are animals who talk.  Although there are other animals who 'talk' or communicate in some way, humans are the only animals with a written language.  We are also the only animals who have landed on the moon.

I'm positive that other animals have feelings just as humans do.  My cat is very expressive of her emotions, and communicates them to me on a daily basis.  

However, I'm going to question that animals belong in the wild. That's a bit like saying man wasn't made to fly because we aren't born with wings.  Some animals are made for the wild.  Others are meant for domestication.  My cat, for example, is much happier living with me, than she would be out in the wild.  

Domestic cats are descendant from a species of African Wildcat, which literally self domesticated itself.  These wildcats decided to live near humans and their grain stores, where the mice population was plentiful.  And when the mice were in short supply, the humans put out food like fish to encourage the cats to stick around.  The relationship was so beneficial to both humans and cats, that the cats eventually decided to adopt the humans and look after them.  Cats haven't belonged in the wild ever since.

Answer 6

Of course animals have feelings.

Tim the next door schnauzer gets offended every time I say helloo to his human before acknowledging him!

He certainly talks though his average conversation translates from Schnauzer Sprache as:

I an TIM! Adore and acknowledge my allegedly alpha male status! OY you up there lookame! Rub my neck and behind my ears! I am TIM!

Humans ALLEGEDLY have far more complex methods of communication though when I see some answers on Yahoo I shudder and wonder how many dogs and cats and chimps in genetic engineering labs have learnt to get out off their cages access a terminal and type?

Sure would explain a lot?

Answer 7

No. Humans were created to be quite different to the animals.

It doesn't take much thought to see how different we are.

For one, only humans have the capacity to acknowledge God, to love, to appreciate and make music and art, to laugh, cry, to investigate the world around us.