From:
"Mark Sonder, CSEP"
Date: 2005-01-30 01:26:06 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Ferrets and their (in)ability to deliberate
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <21925102.1107050632474.JavaMail.nobody@chromium.smartgroups.com>
Blizzard, a short case studyLikes to dig in moist soil - instinctLikes to i=
nvestigate all sorts of tunnels - instinctRationalize, sits down and accomp=
lishes problem solving. e.g. How can I(Blizzard) get from point A to point=
B. - deliberateReason, seems to really know "right from wrong." - delibera=
teKnows his own name, i.e. comes when called (generally) - deliberate.Knows=
when his humans have a boo-boo and tries to make humans feel better -delib=
erateWalks in the woods on a trail either behind or a head of me (human) wi=
thouta leash and not run off into the big band jungle to the left and right=
ofthe trail - deliberateI don't know...you tell me. Instinct or Deliberat=
e??Mark Sonder, CSEP-----Original Message-----From: smb11@uakron.edu [mailt=
o:smb11@uakron.edu]Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:58 AMTo: ferrethealt=
h@smartgroups.comSubject: [ferrethealth] Ferrets and their (in)ability to d=
eliberateToday, one of my professors stated that animals don=92t have the a=
bility todeliberate therefore they cannot reason or be rational. =