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May 16 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
When was the last time you noticed an animal looking at you? For me, this happens all the time and I love seeing what personalities the animals have. Throughout our history the way that we have viewed animals has constantly changed #cumbriawildlifemedia
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For example, the French Philosopher Descartes stated that animals were merely machines, but then a couple hundred years later Darwin stepped in and completely changed this idea by theorising that animals can think and make their own decisions (but without language).
We are now in an era where we have conducted lots of scientific research and now know that animals are able to communicate with one another and have higher intelligence than any of our ancestors deemed possible. However, we still think that we are more evolved and more important.
We have evolved to be cable of advanced language and culture so we assume that we are better. However, these other animals still have their own language and ways of communicating. And in numerous cases, they appear to have different cultures between groups.
A great example of this is elephants. They are highly intelligent animals who have great memories. As well as this they learn behaviours and routes that then pass down the generations within their herd. It will be interesting to see how we view animals in the future. #animals

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