Are animals afraid of their own death?
Or are they plain enough to ignore that happening? Did you see your pets acting in a way that would answer this
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- Aug 05, 2004
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I'm not sure they'd be afraid of death-- if they contemplated it or whatever enough to be...
They'd probably be afraid of not leaving any children behind to keep their species going. And maybe fear the pain that would logically accompany their demise. *shrugs* Can't say I've thought that much about this topic before...
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hehe its funny, we were discussing this in human biology class today because we're studying evolution and natural selection etc.
I think animals just fear dying before reproducing because they basically become useless if they don't.
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I don't think they know about death
- Aug 05, 2004
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like what Kizuna says, animals dont know about 'death'
they do feel pain though like when they're leg is broken etc.
they would also squirm when in pain. i be squirming too if i was on fire or something.
- Aug 06, 2004
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i tihnk all living things know and have a fear for death, if they felt nothing for it then why do they have such strong survival instincts?
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they are probably not afraid of death....they can be afraid of corpses...but that would only be because it could have died from a desise or something and don´t want that because their genetics tell them to breed...the survival instincts are not because they are afraid...they are their so that the bird or whatever it may be can help its spiesies to evolve...or something like that ....i am a human and I don´t fear death...I only fear the sorrow it will caus others ^^
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- Aug 06, 2004
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Well, cats leave their owners when they know they are going to die. I don't hink animals fear death. They are blessed with ignorance. Or at least blessed that they can't really think about it as we humans seem to.
We had to put my dog down a few months ago because he had a cancerous growth. He was the happiest thing and looked forward to the car trip that would lead to his demise. Unless animals are old and die naturally I don't think they are aware at all of what is about to happen to them, thus there is no fear.
But our other dog was very quiet afterwards. He could probably pick up on the general sadness of the household.I guess there's no real way of knowing. We can't really communicate with animals like we can with other humans. We can't ask them what's on their minds and how they feel. Animals don't possess such a high interllect as we humans do. They are probably better off without it anyway. I don't think they fear it, unless they are about to be eaten by another creature. But I do think they feel sorrow. Just look at Elephants when one of their herd members dies.
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