I don't claim to be an expert on this subject (or many other subjects for that matter), but I don't know how much we (as humans) understand other animals. I think OUR REALITY IS OUR PERCEPTION. We cannot undestand that which is beyond our perception. I know this is getting deep, so I'm sorry.
If you lived in the jungle and never saw an airplane, what would you perceive this thing to be? I don't know, because I know what an airplane is and can't understand their perception.
If you lived on the top of a mountain and you saw a fish for the first time, what would you think of the fish? I don't know, because I know what a fish is and can't understand their perception. And I'm just talking about another human. Now, we're talking about reptiles.
Do we conclude that reptiles perceive as we do? Do we believe that everything that makes you a person has to pertain to what makes a reptile a reptile?
Okay now it's really getting deep. But I don't know if we (meaning the human race) actually understand as much of the world as we think we do. We perceive things in the human sense, but do we really know what's going on. Because we are at the top of what we believe to be the evolutionary charts, we pat ourselves on the back, telling ourselves how much we know and we are better off for it. But I think the animals have it much better than we do. How many of you can find north or south without the use of a compass? How many of us could survive without our manmade tools? Ever heard the word horse sense? They know where to step and stop short of that rattlesnake without seeing it. I can keep on going with examples, but I hope you understand where I'm coming from.
We know what we know and convienently try to surround everything with that knowledge.
Jim Smith
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