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I don't think I can ethically eat meat any more: Animals Name Each other!

The dolphin article said they might have names. The wolf article was just about how wolves have identifiable voices.
 
I'm still thinking about this...

Why don't we breed cattle with the purpose of making them mean, evils sons of bitches? That way when we kill them for food we know that we weren't killing nice animals that meant us no harm. It would be very easy to sell to the christian community since God apparently did the the same thing to us, minus the eating of course. If we can only kill animals that deserve it, and we have the power to make animals that deserve it, what are we waiting for?
 
Not exactly names, at least not as broad and creative as how we humans name things. More like vocal identifications or signatures signifying different individuals, which makes sense if you are a pack animal.

I say not exactly names because we tend to give creative descriptions as names for humans, animals, objects, etc (most names have meanings), and not just plain identifications like user001. For instance, I doubt there's a dophin out there who goes by "i am wiz" (using the above poster as an example 😛). Even computers and "smart" networks assign generic identifiers, but it takes creative thought - even if it's just on the level of a small child - to make a real name.

Not to downplay the importance of the discoveries, it's just common sense that animals have a way of differentiating themselves in speech or calls.
 
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DixyCrat said:
How the hell can I eat something that has a name?
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Newbian said:
And humans are delicious just like animals are.
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So, you could eat this guy:

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Smart cattle tear up fences trying to figure out how to get to the greener grass on the other side so they get sold for slaughter younger. Dumb cattle are complacent so they get more time to eat and get heavier.
 
who? said:
Smart cattle tear up fences trying to figure out how to get to the greener grass on the other side so they get sold for slaughter younger. Dumb cattle are complacent so they get more time to eat and get heavier.
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Sounds like Americans
 
Crono said:
Not exactly names, at least not as broad and creative as how we humans name things. More like vocal identifications or signatures signifying different individuals, which makes sense if you are a pack animal.

I say not exactly names because we tend to give creative descriptions as names for humans, animals, objects, etc (most names have meanings), and not just plain identifications like user001. For instance, I doubt there's a dophin out there who goes by "i am wiz" (using the above poster as an example 😛). Even computers and "smart" networks assign generic identifiers, but it takes creative thought - even if it's just on the level of a small child - to make a real name.

Not to downplay the importance of the discoveries, it's just common sense that animals have a way of differentiating themselves in speech or calls.
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Among wolves at least, it would probably be something like "That's lower pitched gravelly sounding wolf" or "That's high pitched, whiny sounding wolf". If they had concepts even as rudimentary as "Funny slapstick wolf" or "Smart wolf", among others, they would be naming each other about as well as we do. One thing to consider is that they probably do have to differentiate each other in terms of "strong" or "dangerous" or "friendly" because those things would be essential for inter-pack relations. If they're able to consider that along with rough personality and physical traits as marking out an individual that would be very close to assigning names, even though it isn't a name in the way we normally think of one. They're not as far from us as we may think in this regard.
 
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