Animal consciousness... have we been wrong?

[rickymouse]

Even a goldfish has consciousness.  They have personalities and they feel sorrow for a fish that is dying.

Now cats, our masters, they think us slaves support them because we are not so smart.  They pay us with purrs.....they are royalty.  We are just dumb animals to them.  At least Dogs make us believe we are helping them survive and they like to drag us out to take walks so we stay healthy and can work to make money to feed them and buy those poop bags.

Both cats and dogs are really smart, it is the way they accomplish controlling us that is different.