I thought about watching this video with my kids, to show them that animals are conscious about their mates, that even birds care about each other. Then, I realized that my kids would actually never question that.
https://twitter.com/SoyBoyManBun/status/1324884529555918859
It is me that has "learnt" - being an adult - that almost all animals are not self-conscious. That only the very highly developed animals mourn when their children are taken away - but neither cows nor pigs would do that.
That most animals do not care about other animals - that they rather fight each other. That they mate only for the offspring or care about their offspring only to improve their genes' survival rate.
It is this that makes it astonishing for me to see birds care about each other.
It is this that makes it astonishing for me to see birds care about each other.
Stupid me. Stupid animal industry teaching me that animals are so different from us. Just so that we are happy to buy and consume their products. Stupid me to having forgotten what I knew as a kid.
(Feel free to replace "stupid" by any swear word you deem appropriate.)
(Feel free to replace "stupid" by any swear word you deem appropriate.)
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