Thread: I will not lie. I got teary eyed from this.

You can see the sadness in that poor cats face. Trying to revive his friend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWVK60Az5xk

Thats really sad, but uplifting too.
Animals are freer more giving than most of us these days,we could learn from them sometimes.

Dean, I think you'll find that HTH has been pining ater you in the Lets Get it On Board like for a long lost lover...

Without trying to sound really heartless it's only sad because you are projecting human emotions onto them.

The cat didn't even the know other cat was dead, not really. It obviously knew it wasn't behaving normally and so tried to interact with it, and then just sat down and went to sleep.

Only very few animals have been shown to grieve. Chimpanzees and elephants are the only animals that demonstrate signs of being capable of it and even in most chimps it's very short lived.

That cat really wasn't that bothered.

There are some great books on animals by Temple Grandin, an animal behaviour professor who also suffers from autism. She is known as the woman who thinks like a cow and her books are very interesting and instructive in seperating how an animal really thinks from how we think they think.

Originally Posted by Bilbo

Without trying to sound really heartless it's only sad because you are projecting human emotions onto them.

The cat didn't even the know other cat was dead, not really. It obviously knew it wasn't behaving normally and so tried to interact with it, and then just sat down and went to sleep.

Only very few animals have been shown to grieve. Chimpanzees and elephants are the only animals that demonstrate signs of being capable of it and even in most chimps it's very short lived.

That cat really wasn't that bothered.

There are some great books on animals by Temple Grandin, an animal behaviour professor who also suffers from autism. She is known as the woman who thinks like a cow and her books are very interesting and instructive in seperating how an animal really thinks from how we think they think.

I've watched a couple of documentaries about elephants who are VERY effected by the sort of emotions humans have... It's quite extraordinary..

One thing that got me down about the video though, is that typical of human nature (or modern human nature), they see a video opportunity, instead of an opportunity to help an animal..

Perhaps it was clear the other cat was completely dead.. Perhaps it had been there a while.. Perhaps we don't know the whole story.... But if I was going to stop and pay that much attention to it, I would try taking the f'n thing to the Vet.. Then you see another couple of people standing there and they could have taken it to the vet....
The guy who comes along at the end probably saw from far away, 'hmmm, what are those people looking at'. Then walks over and is like "You sick bastards just watching, didn't any of you think of picking the thing up and taking it to the Vet??

Kinda like on funniest home video's when parents are filming their kids picking up and playing with dog shit instead of teaching them it's wrong, just because the video will be funny.. Or there are a lot worse examples than that.. Like kids clearly about to fall on their heads or doing something dangerous, but if we can laugh about it later on camera, why would we step in and prevent it...

I'm probably going overboard here in this case, but taking this example to an extreme, it's this type of human behavior that makes me sick..

Originally Posted by Bilbo

Without trying to sound really heartless it's only sad because you are projecting human emotions onto them.

The cat didn't even the know other cat was dead, not really. It obviously knew it wasn't behaving normally and so tried to interact with it, and then just sat down and went to sleep.

Only very few animals have been shown to grieve. Chimpanzees and elephants are the only animals that demonstrate signs of being capable of it and even in most chimps it's very short lived.

That cat really wasn't that bothered.

There are some great books on animals by Temple Grandin, an animal behaviour professor who also suffers from autism. She is known as the woman who thinks like a cow and her books are very interesting and instructive in seperating how an animal really thinks from how we think they think.

The movie Temple Grandin is really good and is about her autism and how she develops a humane way to slaughter cattle. She is actually speaking at a beef expo out west and I wish it was closer because I would go listen to her talk.



GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK CATNEWSPAPERMAN!

Ive not seen that,as far as fully mounting another cat and digging all fours into them so aggresivly.No one knows the animal Psyche and what in reality they are capable of "feeling".Its the actions that lead to conclusion and can be instinct,mimicking observed behavior or an actual thought process like....yes...you and I have,to one lesser degree or another.Some days,who's the real animal after all.I very much believe animals have a grieving process and mourn.Ive seen the calmest of dogs take protective postures over deceased pets in family...saw one actually drag another traumatized and deceased animal,frantically circle wailing and nudging him,almost to say get the f up.On the other hand Ive seen some just simply lay down and stare,whimpering and returning to owner...back and forth....eventually walking away.Shit some people see others in clear despair,passed out unconscious and in my own neighborhood shot dead...people go on like its just another day,walk 'around' the corpse.That cat has more compassion...clearly.

Originally Posted by boozeboxer

Originally Posted by Bilbo

Without trying to sound really heartless it's only sad because you are projecting human emotions onto them.

The cat didn't even the know other cat was dead, not really. It obviously knew it wasn't behaving normally and so tried to interact with it, and then just sat down and went to sleep.

Only very few animals have been shown to grieve. Chimpanzees and elephants are the only animals that demonstrate signs of being capable of it and even in most chimps it's very short lived.

That cat really wasn't that bothered.

There are some great books on animals by Temple Grandin, an animal behaviour professor who also suffers from autism. She is known as the woman who thinks like a cow and her books are very interesting and instructive in seperating how an animal really thinks from how we think they think.

The movie Temple Grandin is really good and is about her autism and how she develops a humane way to slaughter cattle. She is actually speaking at a beef expo out west and I wish it was closer because I would go listen to her talk.



GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK CATNEWSPAPERMAN!

Cool man I didn't know she had made a film, I only know her from her books The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow and How to Make Animals Happy. She does talk about her work with cattle in them and chickens too, working for McDonalds to humanise their process.

I actually found her stuff really fascninating and will definitely try and track that movie down!