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Emary: @all4naija, you wouldn't accept it if it hit you in the eye but I said that I am totally convinced. What you choose to believe is up to you but God doesn't lie.

dczieta: of course animals think cuz if they only act on impulse they would be exibiting the same response everytime ......read operant conditioning it tells u that animals think and operate on their environment

all4naija: Lol... Hahaha... that is funny. I don't have ants in my environment though.Why not tell us the outcome of this your research?

Muyadek: Is this statement correct or not? "I am entertaining fear."

searay: Some animals like ants and termites do plan for the future, by seraching for food at a certain season and store it for the off season. Or does planing doesn't involve thinking?

Zico0: 2me, i see animals as computers: they r interlectually programmed nd cant not think outside the box.
There level of intelligence vary acordin 2 there kind.
But, we shud not 4get "Mr Niger" frm Biology; animals r adaptive nd respond 2 chnges, nd they also pick patterns. 4xample, the chickens in my compound weneva im headed 2 d backyard 2 dump dirti they quickly 4olo me. As it hz bcum regurlar(they didnt fathom it themselves). Hweva, if i go witout a dusbin they also 4ollo me bcuz they cant do deductive reasoning. On the oder hand, a monkey might not follow me witout d dustbin not cos it thinks perhaps, bcuz nature placed it wit bigger eyes n brains so it can pick two patterns(it cn identify wen im holdin a bin frm wen im not). I think d amount an animal wil do is dependent on wat nature place it wif. We as humans tho we do all sort of reasoning we still cant give robots life. We r jus as stupid 2 God as animals r to us
Im jus sayin: i wasnt a science student.

all4naija: I can only laugh at the line in bold. . Ants do that based on instincts!That is a good example for you.

all4naija: You keep repeating the same thing. It is sad you are not learning anything here. You just like argument for argument sake.

Didn't the organizing and co-ordination in the bee,sheep, lions,etc seem like something in their make up to you? That is part of their instincts. But, in humans they are thought out. We even learn from nature and translate what we've learnt into something else and useful. There is explanation for that,that is thinking, to judge based on opinions,beliefs and ideas. You see there is no way animals can thought out logical process. If instances in nature animals carry out complicated processes don't mean they are through thinking but through their instinctive nature(it is their natural way not thinking - logic process of opinions,etc are meant for humans only).

The only different here why computers look separated from animals is the responding to stimuli.That is natural(instincts). So, my illustration with computer was on the processing of information yet you are taking it out of the context. However,I can see you don't quite understand what instincts means in the first place.

all4naija: Instincts is a natural way or behavior of thinking or doing things. Though it has to do with human instinct when its thinking but animals don't have that ability for sure. Learning in animals doesn't require thinking, it is just a pattern in their behavior, that is why some animals are better learner than others. To process information is different from thinking. The reason why computer can not think is just a good example of that.

all4naija: It depends on the level of thinking. I believe animals can process information mainly based on instinct. In that regards I would say they don't think but can process and repeat what they have been trained to do. So, animals don't think, they act based on instincts.

Online definition of think is the belief(which animals can not do other than humans) , opinion and idea on something or somebody, generally. It means there has to be reason to understand what a particular idea or opinion(we know that animals don't have opinions) is about and find a way to accept it. It is an act where the things which differentiate humans from the animals are really intertwined, like spirituality(in general sense), ability to read and write,share ideas about something,etc. Thinking really helps in those areas and it is an ability which animals lack.

ANIMALS DON'T THINK!

dasparrow: Very nice write up. And for the bolded part, I say oh yes, animals are content and just happy to be alive. They know no jealousy or greed. They will also never bite the hand that feeds them unlike some human beings that will plot the downfall of people who once helped them. I love and admire animals and I agree with your analysis.

dasparrow: Very nice write up. And for the bolded part, I say oh yes, animals are content and just happy to be alive. They know no jealousy or greed. They will also never bite the hand that feeds them unlike some human beings that will plot the downfall of people who once helped them. I love and admire animals and I agree with your analysis.

Billyonaire: Again, The Question sounds crazy in the first place. When you ask "DO animals think?" Have you forgotten that human beings are animals ? Yes, we think. And everything with brain, thinks. Thoughts are ethereal signals from the ethereal seat of the brain called the mind. All animals think, but degree of thoughts is what sets humanoids apart and even then, some humans thinker faster, better and more coherent than others, its why we have rating called IQ