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Originally posted by Yorick:
A squirrel is not born without instincts. A squirrel doesn't have to learn everything from obsevation the way a human does.
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Humans are not born without instincts either... and squirrels (or anything else for that matter) are not born totally knowledgeable about everything life can throw at them... They have to learn too... they just have more instincts than us...
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A squirrel does not question why it is here, nor get fed up and end it's own life.
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How do you know it doesn't... there are probably hunderds of cases world wide where squirrles place a sharp acorn below a tree, climb the tree and then impale themselves...
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A squirrel does not create works of art that express it's inner desires, dreams and hopes.
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Sure they do... you know when they bury nuts? It's actually a contemporary art form expressing the desire, dream, and hope, for NUTS!
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A squirrel does not hypothesise alternate scenarios before initiating an action, like a human does.
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Sure they do... a lot of strategy is involved in chasing your muckers around a tree... left - right - left - left again...
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A squirrel does not get worked up in a fit over a perceived slight from it's mate.
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Why do you think so many squirrles are seen alone gathering nuts... its a sorry present...
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A squirrel does not need to "get away from it all" because it's existence has become habitual and in a rut.
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See notes on last point...
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A squirrel does not kill for sport.
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What about those hoards of nuts... they don't eat most of them... so technically they could be killing for sport... just imagine "
The Big Nut Competition - pluck, collect and bury as many nuts as possible, and win a fabulous prize... NUTS!!"
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A squirrel does not embark on a search to find: It's real parents, it's homeland, what it really wants to do in it's life, a reason to keep on living.
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How do you know that migration isn't exactly that (nb... ok... so squirrels don't migrate... but other animals then... and squirrles often go from tree to tree searching for
something!
OK... so maybe not... (although the first one was serious
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