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Do cats experience existential dread? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by jaamesbaxterr@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world
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[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'd say no, knowledge that we will some day die is unique to humans.

They certainly experience ennui though.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now I wonder about elephants given that they have funerals and mourn their dead.

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Same with crows.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

We don't know that.