article from "The Ecologist" by helene https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist en-us 2021-09-15 08:27:20 UTC 2026-02-25 21:28:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30d.png There is an "I" in animal helenereich https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742116605 - There is an 'I' in animal (theecologist.org)]]> 2021-09-15 08:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742116605 Three new points helenereich https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742118386 2021-09-15 08:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742118386 General information https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742123498 - author: Brendan Montague
- published on 12th March 2021
- subject: differences between humans and animals
- beginning: reference to famous quote from the German philosopher Hegel
-> thought difference between animals and us:  we have a consciousness (an "I")
- "theory of mind": comprehension of a living being that it is individual 
- experiments of the BBC series "Chris Packham´s Animal Einsteins" proved Hegel wrong
→ some animals have an awareness
- ending: questions how humans can justify the mass extinction of animals ]]> 2021-09-15 08:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742123498 Reasons https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742123918 2021-09-15 08:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742123918 Differrences and similarities between humans and animals https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742142503 1. Brain power
- animals are less intelligent than humans 
- think only about 2 things 
→ survival and nourishment 
- different kind of intelligence
- animals (for example elephants)  recognize themselves → mirror test 

2. Gestures
- apes and humans share communicating signs]]> 2021-09-15 08:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742142503 Caption https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742164013 - appealing headline
→we were interested 
- pun: There is an 'I' in animal
- everybody is kind of an animal

]]> 2021-09-15 09:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742164013 Pictures https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742164344 - 2 Bonobos / Monkeys / Animals
- eye catching
- we see ourselves in the picture
- human + apes related]]> 2021-09-15 09:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742164344 Topic https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742164591 - topic: biodiversity
- most important topic → mass extinction of animals
- our favourite one
]]> 2021-09-15 09:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742164591 Mirror test helenereich https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742167480 mirror test: recognition of a living being  while looking in the mirror
- only few animals: dolphins, elephants, the great apes, magpies (=Elstern) pass it
new research: little blue-streak cleaner wrasse passed test
→ even small fish has this brain power ]]> 2021-09-15 09:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742167480 Complex gesture-language helenereich https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742182817 - more than 70 specific gestures in chimpanzee-language
→ Bonobos can understand some signs too
- apes and human children share 90 % of signs
]]> 2021-09-15 09:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742182817 Failed awareness of animal intelligence helenereich https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742192874 - finding out the difference between human and rest of nature
- 1662, Rene Decartes: the entire universe are not much more than complex machines
- 1812, philosopher Georg W F Hegel: humans separate from others, see themselves as "I", animals are sentient (=fühlend) beings
→ later support by Darwin’s Origin of the Species, 1859
new experiments: proof of underestimated intelligence of animals, some animals do have a clear sense of “I”, clearly project their subjective will on nature

]]> 2021-09-15 09:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1742192874 Important Quotes https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1748448973 The fish had realised that what they were seeing in the mirror was in fact themselves.]]> 2021-09-17 11:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1748448973 Content https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1748511031 2021-09-17 12:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1748511031 General Reasons https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1748536344 - scientific article
- animals are lovable (especially monkeys)
- shows that we underestimate the intelligence of animals
need to talk about this problem
- interesting topic]]> 2021-09-17 12:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1748536344 https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1748580146 2021-09-17 12:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1748580146 https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1748594644 2021-09-17 12:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/helenereich/ecologist/wish/1748594644