Soup BDC Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Alot of people say that different things separate us from animals. Things like reason, advanced communication, and even thumbs are commonly sited. What do you think separates us (humans) from the animals? I think it's possessions because wild animals are too busy making sure that they stay alive to own anything. You know, aside from some animals being territorial. This is what comes up when you google "what separates us from the animals" -fuse. I think our posessions is what keeps us similar to animals. Our human condition is ran by our survuval instinct, fear. We put on tough guy or comedic facades to protect ourselves. We buy things to promote these facades. In a more literal similarity, there's a hermit crab that in fact takes up posessions. It will find plants, sea urchins, rocks, whatever, and stick it to its shell. Then when it moves into another shell, it will take all of its things and put them on the newone, carefully positioning everything back to where it once was. The purpose of it doing this is to blend into its natural surrondings. If it was human, we'd call it conforming. Haha sorry I just woke up from some crazy ass dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 braaaaaaaaains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyHarHar Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 the ability to read and write. 'aside from that, not much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alure Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 birth control? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohnoone Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 this book will answer all these questions and also flip your fucking lid. every wonder why a human womens ass doesnt change colors to show they are ovulating, or which animals cheat on their "spouses". or why respected artists and critics cant tell the difference between art done by people and elephants. well, that last one is kindof a given. read this shit, on the real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 gates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man with the Answers Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 languages with subject, predicates and objects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEEB Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 the ability to worry,consider,and have sex in over 600 diffrent positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shameless self promotion Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 The need/want to get completely fucked up out of your mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Chicken wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 And shaved genitals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEEB Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 dont forget to throw oral sex into the mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Are you kidding? That's my motto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 yeah, i had to look it up. Metacognition refers to higher order thinking which involves active control over the cognitive processes engaged in learning. Activities such as planning how to approach a given learning task, monitoring comprehension, and evaluating progress toward the completion of a task are metacognitive in nature. Because metacognition plays a critical role in successful learning, it is important to study metacognitive activity and development to determine how students can be taught to better apply their cognitive resources through metacognitive control. "Metacognition" is often simply defined as "thinking about thinking." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 all the things ppl are refering to are a result of our cognitive abilities, which are ultimately the thing that seperates us from the animals end of discussion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeBee Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 humans and dolphins are the only animals that feel pleasure during intercourse I heard something like they're also the only animals that kill for no reason/fun. Dolphins i guess are real vicous in the wild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 condoms and crowbars... so vogue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 I heard something like they're also the only animals that kill for no reason/fun. Dolphins i guess are real vicous in the wild household cats kill birds and rats and don't eat them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeBee Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Yeah but that's just instict, I heard somewhere that dolphins actually just kill for fun I have no idea if it's true or not, but it sounded cool and it upset my girl who's obsessed with dolphins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 how would anyone know if they were doing it for fun, or for some other reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup BDC Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 simple......we've got the bomb And lets not let those bears forget this, next time they come over here in their bear-boats, bombarding us with their suicidal bear kamakazes in their bear planes... Edit: Oh and the answer is sex toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyHarHar Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 the ability to travel to outer space oh wait, monkeys have traveled to outer space too. but we sent 'em there dammit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperface Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 What separates animals from humans is that they have this special, abnormal ability to ignore our language, intelligence, science, space travel, or definitions of different things. etc. We can make them react to violence, sounds and primitive ways of communication but still that all is just a distraction for them. Also, animals don't evaluate things and consider their ability to hunt, fly etc anyhow magnificent, or at least don't let it show. Humans are religious. They believe in god, humanity, science, leprechauns, human intelligence, human superiority, love and whatnot. All in all, we take things out of context, give them names, try to connect and combine those things and call it intelligence. other than that we're pretty much the same shit. no homo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standardissue Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 humans and dolphins are the only animals that feel pleasure during intercourse and binobo chimps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standardissue Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Much larger frontal lobe in humans gives us the ability to think deeply and plan ahead/cognitive shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spruce Lee Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illkillyou Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 hmm i wonder if there are any lesbain/gay dolphins? or if not them.....any animal....:shakehead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spruce Lee Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 research before you speak http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2002-06-10/591.asp and ever go to a dog run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illkillyou Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 research before you speak http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2002-06-10/591.asp and ever go to a dog run? well i think my question is awnserd haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spruce Lee Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Yeah but that's just instict, I heard somewhere that dolphins actually just kill for fun thats gangster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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