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Originally Posted by sammyg2
Why is it OK to kill a tuna but not a dolphin? Why a goat but not a chimpanzee?
Is there some [] rule that says you can eat dumb animals but not smart ones?
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Obviously, you would not want to kill & eat an animal with consciousness any more than you would kill & eat another human. (well, maybe you would, sammy)
Chimpanzees and dolphins (whales) have all passed what is called the mirror recognition test - they realize that is them self in a mirror -- this is something that most human children cannot do until they are about 4 years of age.
Diana Reiss is the scientist who first found this out in dolphins.
At the opposite extreme is a tiny animal called the rotifer. It is a fun trick to take a militant vegan and explain to her that when she took that drink of water, she just killed millions of animals.