Animals Are 'Stuck In Time' With Little Idea Of Past Or Future, Study Suggests

Science Daily ^ | 4-7-2008 | University of Western Ontario.

[Ronin]

If souls exist, and I am sure they do, than animals have their version of souls.

I am not sure how it works, or if their souls are divine in the same sense that human souls are (cats probably think their souls are superior) but that doesn’t matter much.

Any creature that is capable of love, as cats, dogs, etc, are, has a soul.

I love my cats. I know my cats love me.

[Ronin]

I’m sure they have other uses.

Probably for instantaneous contact with Supreme Cat Headquarters as part of planning for the day when they enslave humans, force them to feed them, groom them, pay their medical bills and otherwise amuse them...

Uh Wait... they already did that...

[MarkL]

Heh. I’ve noticed that my cats are so funny about sticking their heads under some small table or bench, closing their eyes, leaving their bodies and their fat behinds sticking out in a walkway and act like they feel completely hidden and safe because THEY can’t see US.

Well, it works on the "Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Trall."

Mark

[John Valentine]

A mere book recommendation should not have unleashed THAT!

And I’m very sure that you ought not be directing your lecture at me. Maybe somebody else, but definitely not me.

I’ve never been called a materialist before, that’s for sure!

[NFOShekky]

LMAO!!! Thanks!

[dan1123]

That point is not sufficiently clear. Can they remember the maze but not sequence?

I think they remember both, just not when they ran it last.

[AFreeBird]

Dog owners, who have noticed that their four-legged friend seem equally delighted to see them after five minutes away as five hours, may wonder if animals can tell when time passes.

My Mom had a Shetland Sheepdog. You know, one of those little yappy dogs with a brain the size of walnut (okay, maybe bigger), that could leave a room I was sitting in with her, and then come back two minutes later and start barking at me like I hadn't been there all the time.

Gad I hate little yappy dogs.

[bert]

When I was growing up, I had two collie/shephards. Lucky was lithe and the mother of Toby who looked more like a collie. Lucky was a good cattle dog when given the opportunity.

They definitely could tell time.

Every afternoon at around 5:00 they would go to the street. They knew it was time for the cars to come and the chase would be on. They lived for 5:00 and the chase.