I was going to say that maybe elephants are intelligent enough to feel this conflict, but then I remembered that elephants only eat plants. Maybe that’s why.
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Most wildlife isn’t capable of that level of thought or empathy.
For most animals that hunt, the thought process is “I’m hungry. This looks like something I can eat. Now I’m not hungry”
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Dolphins are considered very intelligent, along with chimps, and they both eat other animals. Hell, dolphins will bite a fish in half and use the head to jerk off with. That’s not to say they can’t feel empathy for other creatures, but can we tell? Have we observed it?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Well yeah, dolphins are fucking assholes lol
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
There are certainly some exceptions, but 90+% are not.
False@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That thought process probably applies to most humans too tbh