Dogs, mirrors, self awareness...

dh@. wrote:
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 Goo wrote:


NanK wrote:


http://www.strato.net/~crvny/sa03002.htm

Interesting article.

No, a BULL**** article:

"When an animal grooms it self, it is aware of it self
been groomed. This is also a gesture of love towards
ones self and sometimes towards the ones that you love.
For example: when one animal wants to prove to another
its affection, most of the time, if it is a mammal or a
bird, it shows this with a grooming gesture towards the
other."

Pure bull****. No reputable animal behavioralist
believes animals groom one another out of affection.


Sometimes animals show their feelings for another
by letting the other groom them.

False. That's your anthropomorphic projection, and
it's false.