Non-Humans at Play

When I was growing up, any suggestion that animals (other than humans) were capable of emotion or thought was dismissed as anthropomorphism. Today, we're learning that the other creatures we share this planet with can and do experience emotion and have thoughts. Two recent posts by people on my friends list give examples of this.

Via tillianion, we have a post about the games magpie bubs play.

Via asakiyume, we have a post about dolphins at play.

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Memage

I just learned some very disturbing information, thanks to crinklequirk.

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But, that wasn't enough for me. No, I had to go forward to discover:

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The Mean Kitty Song

I wasn't planning on posting again this evening, but then I came across this video in Will Shetterly's RSS feed and, given my last post, it was just too apropos to pass up, even though the language sometimes edges past my very staid limits *g*:

( Watch The Mean Kitty Song )