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Originally Posted by everyone's favo
But even if we can decipher thoughts, we stil habitually choose the same decision almost everytime. For another example of human behavior - just look at the way people sit in a classroom. You will almost always sit in the same seat, and the only time you will not sit in the same seat is when someone else is already sitting there. At that point, your not comfortable. This is outside your realm of saftey.
I assume the same is true for animals, the only difference is they do not think about these habits. It is only natural for an animal to do what it habitually knows is right.
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So again, asking the question of why on a more complex level.
Animals do ask why to some degree I think.
I keep my cats from doing things I don't want them to do with a spray bottle. Granted this is a bit like stimulus response, but at the same time, my one male cat is very stubborn and I usually have to spray him about 5 times before he'll stop. Then it's less each subsequent time.
I feel like at first he has to be thinking "What the fuck? Why is this asshole spraying me?"
Maybe I just give my cats too much credit.