When people think of intelligence they only think of how smart a human or animal is, but there are a lot of different concepts that go into intelligence. One concept of intelligence is the emotions humans and animals feel. Even though some people think that animals can feel different emotions, they can; one of those emotions is pain. In the jungle, rhesus monkeys will fight other monkeys and leave horrible wounds, and in response, the monkeys will scream from the pain. During mating season, the rhesus monkeys will also rip out their their opponent's testicles. The opponent will scream in pain for hours (Page 185). In both of these situations after a few hours the screaming will stop and the monkeys will go one with their day. People think that since the screaming stops, that the monkeys do not feel pain. Observers have realized that the animals screaming in pain and then feeling better later on is a lot like
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Animals can experience trauma when they are young and it can affect them forever. Jane Goodall, who owns a chimpanzee sanctuary, has seen for herself what happens when animals experience horrible conditions when they are young. One chimp hits himself over and over again all day long, while another chimp is too afraid to leave her enclosure even though she has been there for many years (Page 187). Animals also will grieve their loved ones after they die. While filming a movie, Mozu the Snow Monkey, researchers watched as a mother snow money grieved for her dead child. The mother would carry her dead baby’s body everywhere she went. At night, the mother would climb into a certain tree and scream for hours. One researcher said “It was the most blood curdling scream I have ever heard” (Page 196). After three days and three nights, the mother finally put her baby’s body on the jungle floor and left (Page 196). Just like humans, while animals can feel sadness and pain, they can also feel joy and
Animals can experience trauma when they are young and it can affect them forever. Jane Goodall, who owns a chimpanzee sanctuary, has seen for herself what happens when animals experience horrible conditions when they are young. One chimp hits himself over and over again all day long, while another chimp is too afraid to leave her enclosure even though she has been there for many years (Page 187). Animals also will grieve their loved ones after they die. While filming a movie, Mozu the Snow Monkey, researchers watched as a mother snow money grieved for her dead child. The mother would carry her dead baby’s body everywhere she went. At night, the mother would climb into a certain tree and scream for hours. One researcher said “It was the most blood curdling scream I have ever heard” (Page 196). After three days and three nights, the mother finally put her baby’s body on the jungle floor and left (Page 196). Just like humans, while animals can feel sadness and pain, they can also feel joy and