Do animals contemplate their own existence?

Over the past 30 years, many studies have found evidence that animals recognise themselves in mirrors. Self-awareness by this criterion has been reported for: Land mammals: apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans and gorillas) and elephants. Cetaceans: bottlenose dolphins, killer whales and possibly false killer whales.

Do animals question things?

No animal has yet asked anything. “Why?” is a very important question: it shows that those asking it are aware they don’t know something they wish to know. The fact that animals don’t ask “why?” shows they don’t aspire to knowledge and are incapable of justification.

Do other animals know they are alive?

Of course they do know they are alive. They are aware that a person with coming close to him with a knife will cur his throat. They resist as they are hurt. They feel emotions, I hope you would have seen pets obeying, loving their owners.

Can animals ask questions other than humans?

To this day there are been no record of any living organism to ask a question other than humans – with an exception of one particular parrot, which is debatable as parrots mimic what they have heard to communicate. The story goes that Alex, an African Gray parrot, is so far the only non-human animal to ever ask an existential question.

Are animals aware of the differences between humans?

The difference between animals and humans is simply that animals never ask questions while we From my personal observation, NO. Animals are aware of, but never reflect on their surroundings. Sometimes animals can be more aware of their surroundings than humans, for example, they can notice very small movement of objects when human eyes fail.

Do animals know that they exist?

Yes, animals know they exist. I think though that a distinction has to be made between being self-aware and conscious awareness. Self awareness involves being able be conscious of being a separate entity from it’s environment and from other beings like itself.

Is this the only animal to ask existential questions?

The story goes that Alex, an African Gray parrot, is so far the only non-human animal to ever ask an existential question. Alex was owned and used by researcher Irene Pepperberg, an animal psychologist, to better understand how parrots can learn from and mimic humans.