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Originally Posted by MorganGrayson
For those of you who know more about this, yes, I am fully aware that dolphins have a higher intelligence and are swimming in the deeper end of the gene pool
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Just a note on this... Check out a porpoises skeleton some time, they used to have fully opposable thumbs. All the bones are still there
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Originally Posted by MorganGrayson
However...we as a civilization have categorized animals..... Certain are used for food and certain animals are labeled "pets." (There are other labels, but these are the two relevent ones.)
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But depending on the society, certain animals that we label as "pets" they label as "food". ie: Dogs are a meal for many societies, not only southeast asian but right here in North America; Horses are also a meal for many third world societies such as New Jersey
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Originally Posted by MorganGrayson
Attempting to drag myself back to the original point, you're right sarettah. We should care about *all* living creatures, not just the cute ones.
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How bout plants ?
