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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts 
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Man and other Animals - What's the difference?
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Woland Special user 680 Posts
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On this plane, hard to say. On other planes, we are reliably informed that the immortal soul of animals lacks a certain element or level that is found in the human soul.
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Payne Inner circle Seattle 4571 Posts
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IPhones. Other Than that there really is very little difference. We are reliably informed that we are both mortal beasts with no place to go after our demise.
"America's Foremost Satirical Magician" -- Jeff McBride.
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts
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Only Man has the capacity for complex language (as far as we're aware), including storytelling. And the capability to read and write. Being able to learn from others without direct experience, by these means, is an incredible evolutionary advantage. Pile on top of that the social repercussions of shared oral and written histories and myths, and we're leaps and bounds beyond animals.
Oh yeah, I think there's also clothing; I'm not aware of any other species that uses clothing (without being dressed up by an owner.)
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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Caught an interview with Jane Goodall a couple of months ago. At one point she said that when she first started working with chimpanzees she expected that they would be like all the good parts of humans, with the nastiness of culture removed. What did she find? That they were just like us, nastiness and all.
John
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts
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Payn and John and other watermelons?
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gdw Inner circle 4884 Posts
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On 2011-09-21 10:23, Woland wrote: Man seems more inclined to make things up to make themselves feel better.
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts
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Some make law that treat you like an animal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6TJw0-EB......eo_title http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl2fONPgIJE
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts
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What about Woman?
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts
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Yes they are interesting.
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Tom Cutts Staff Northern CA 5931 Posts
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Quote: Man also seems content to make up women to make themselves feel better. On 2011-09-21 14:32, Pakar Ilusi wrote: 
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts
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On 2011-09-21 15:12, Tom Cutts wrote: Most women put make up on by themselves. 
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R.S. Regular user CT one day I'll have 188 Posts
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Humans are really just another form of animal. And latest estimates indicate there ar 8.7 million species on the planet - all of them uniquely adapted to their environment. Oh sure, humans build computers and cars and space shuttles. But birds can migrate thousands of miles, bees build complex structures, bats have radar, some lizards regenerate limbs, spiders construct elaborate webs, etc. It wouldn't be immediately evident to an alien visitor that of all the different lifeforms on the planet, that humans are the best suited for survival, or the most socially cooperative, or the most impressive in their natural abilities. In fact, they may be far more interested in dolphins than in, say, Charlie Sheen.
Ron
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." Thomas Paine
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Salguod Nairb Room 101 0 Posts
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Bat's use sonar not radar. Lizards regenerate tails I don't think they do legs.
As far as Dolphins are concerned mix them with Tatar sauce and they tasted just like tuna. Yes I am being factitious on porpoise.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts
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On 2011-09-21 09:58, tommy wrote: A vast written record of rationalizations for activities which would otherwise shock and appall.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2889 Posts
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Chimps use tools and dolphins rape.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1780 (Yeah, I know, I've used this before.)
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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Woland Special user 680 Posts
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You might forgive a child for having thought the old Central Park Zoo was a gaol for bad animals.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts
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There are many differences in degree; the primary difference in kind is that other animals don't spend any time contemplating the ways in which they may be fundamentally different from other species.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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On 2011-09-24 19:21, LobowolfXXX wrote: At least not at the Magic Café.
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts
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Do you consider yourself to be a pet, farm, zoo or wild animal?
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