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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:04 PM Original message |
Can animals be suicidal? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think they can be depressed and/or sad, so why not suicidal. nt |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. If one anthropomorphizes enough, they can be anything one wants them to be. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. True, but this wasn't an anthromorphic coyote |
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optimal-tomato (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. If this helps you get through the grief... |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm sorry that happened to you. |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Anyone who has a pet knows |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Animals have a 6th sense of when death is near |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't know about actively and intentionally... |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. ??? maybe |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Either that or lemmings are extremely optimistic about their swimming capabilities. n/t |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Lemming suicide is fiction |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Thanks for the link, dorkulon. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. It's very common |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Most likely it was just a cry for help that went too far. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. I agree that animals have more feeling than we often realize |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. I wish I could remember when this PBS |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Flo=mother; Flint=spoiled chimp nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'd bet the poor thing was just in terrible pain and wasn't able to |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. Lady Jane Goodall was convinced chimps would die of a broken heart |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. See reply 12. This is what I was writing about. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. that's the same chimp I was referring to |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. People are animals and people can be suicidal. nt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
17. Humans are animals.... we can be suicidal.... so yes... the question is already answered |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Larger brains evolved into a mostly gravity free environment. |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
18. I had a golden retriever/husky mix that may have been |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. I guess it depends on the definition of SUICIDAL. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. I would suggest he was concentrating on his leg and your |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. No. There's no evidence for suicidality in animals. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition 2001-05 |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. self delete |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
27. No he was not trying to die. If he wanted to die, he would have |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. There was something today about cows jumping to their deaths |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
31. bullshit... |
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