Breaking down and whimpering is definitely not a good survival mechanism. Some 300 lb lion is gonna have a good laugh back at the den when he's picking his teeth on your bones and telling his friends how you pee'd in your pants.
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:08 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 - >
