Of course there is also the third option. Brake down and whimper. As to becomeing little more tnhan animals our selves, why we are of course animals. we ratian some of our old instincts, and we do not by a very long stretch act purely on reason.
On Apr 9, 3:53 pm, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 3:05 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, Chuck. Welcome aboard! > > > A common worry of animals- predator and prey. Humans have more > > categories of panic, don't they? > > I don't know. I'm not really clear on what 'categories of panic' means. As I > understand it there are two reactions to fear - fight or flight. Typically > in humans the higher functions of the brain shut down and allow the more > primitive instincts to take over. In effect, in a raw survival situation, we > become little more than animals ourselves. > > Of course there are different levels of anxiety with panic being the > extreme. But, even there we aren't any different in the actual feeling of > anxiety. I would hazard a guess that the only difference would be in the way > we internalize our anxiety after the fact. > > As to my reply to the previous post; of course it was a joke. I doubt > animals think much about jesus or god. If anything, I'd imagine that they > see us as their gods. > > > > > > > This evening I heard a rattle on the driveway gate and I opened the > > door to see if a neighbor child was retrieving a ball that had flown > > over the fence. A fierce slap of wings and a huge bird took off- an > > eagle?- so quickly, I couldn't identify it plus I slammed the door in > > fear. Maybe it was an eagle who knows about the rabbits and other > > critters. It's always something! :-) > > > On Apr 8, 11:14 pm, Chuck <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Apr 7, 7:34 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > to know what the animals think of us humans!!! > > > > They're thinking "don't eat me. oh jezus god, please don't eat me!"- Hide > > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
