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Animals are a lot smarter than we give them credit for.
I know a lot of science says we “humanize” them but even if they don’t communicate or experience the world the same exact way we do, they’re also living things with complex brain processes like we are.
One day an animal is gonna be really happy to get water from you for sure.
Yeah till you get down to things like jellyfish most animals are decent damn smart. Some in different ways then others.
But man are jellyfish dumb.
I'd say jellyfish are surprisingly smart for something that doesn't technically have a brain.
I compare pretty unfavorably to a sea squirt in the intelligence arena but that's no reason to be, uh, what were you being?
maybe we're dumb for shitting on the jellyfish's way of life.
"No thoughts, head is water" sounds a very appealing way of life.