Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Krowbar who wrote (23391)	7/10/1998 8:26:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Del, I saw that little news clip about the escaped ape and the house cat, as well. I don't know all the details, except that it was in a backyard in Japan that the cat was taken hostage. It looked like a Himalayan cat, a variety of long-haired Siamese. We had one of these cats once, and she was very, very smart. She was also a total bitch to us and our other cats, and expressed her feelings by peeing in our entry hall when she didn't get her way. Anyway, the bottom line is that I think both the cat and the ape in the story were very intelligent. I do know that the ape escaped the backyard, and was still being searched for later in the week. Has he been captured yet? The smartest thing I have heard apes doing was recently, when one a caged ape in a research facility got very upset and got a scientist's attention because a water spigot of some sort had been turned on, that would eventually flood another area of the facility, and harm the young ape children who lived there. This was cited as a sign of intelligence that was formerly believed to be held by humans--to be able to foresee the reaction to a complex chain of events, and have empathy and understanding. Of course, creating works of art is also typical human behavior. Are there any other examples of art created by animals, with the exception of those cats who seem to have been forced to paint for that author who wrote about them? I am sure they would not have whipped out paint brushes of their own volition, as cats never do anything to please anyone but themselves unless they are very hungry or lonely.