有養動物既朋友都應該會認同, 小動物並不只食,訓,屙. 好多時, 我地會驚訝地發現, 佢地似乎有自己既思想, 諗法.
當初學animal communication, 都係因為好想試下同佢地溝通. 想知佢地諗緊乜.
National Gergraphic今次以探討動物到底有冇自己既思想, self-awareness, creativity做feature article. 由一個科學角度, 用實驗, 硏究去帶出, "動物並不止是一隻有血有肉的robot".
可能你會諗, "hey, 猩猩同狗, 大家都知佢地聰明架啦. 人同猩猩係近親, 狗又係人既好朋友, 服從性高"
NO, NO, NO. 呢篇article講既係, 動物有自己既思想.
Harvard科學家Pepperberg, 用30年去教一隻鸚鵡學英文. 鸚鵡個腦得個有殼walnut咁大. 但係佢識數野(1-7), 識話俾你知佢想食蕉, 食cherry, 定食提子, 識叫你帶佢去睇tree tree, 上堂時甚至識嘲笑d比佢細既鸚鵡, 叫佢地"talk clearly".
Crow烏鴉, 為左要"new"到d食物出黎, 識得將d佢從未見過既物件整成個勾咁, "new" d野食出黎.
八爪魚會變色去表逹心情, 亦係天生自戀狂, 好鍾意走埋d反光既野度, 睇自己既倒影...
如果俾塊elephant照鏡, 佢會知道鏡中既倒影係自己, o係倒影度見到個頭woo joo左, 佢仲會用個鼻黎摸woo joo左o個度....
agree攝影師所講... "This is about smart animals? I'm not sure about that. I think it's about us becoming smarter animals learning about what aniamls can teach us - about what we don't know, about them, and about us"
human beings, please be humble.
有興趣都睇下啦:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/featurehub