Scientists Declare Animals Are as Conscious as Humans (and the Pictures to Prove It)

Intent | September 6, 2012 | Inspiring

By Chelsea Roff

Last week, an international group of scientists signed The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, proclaiming their belief—based on decades of research—that animals are indeed conscious and capable of experiencing human emotions.

While that may sound like a “duh” kind of declaration to animal-lovers, it’s actually a big deal for such a prominent group of scientists to openly acknowledge that they believe nonhuman animals possess conscious states similar to humans. Much of the research done in the medical and biological sciences relies on animal test subjects, so this statement could have significant implications in coming years.

“Convergent evidence indicates that non-human animals have the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological substrates of conscious states,” write the scientists. The list of animals named in their declaration includes all mammals, birds, and even the octopus.

So in the spirit of celebrating the inner-life of animals,
here are five pictures of animals expressing what looks to be love toward their human friends:

See more pictures of cute animals doing everything from sharing their intents to practicing yoga on Intent Blog.

Chelsea Roff is Managing Editor for Intent Blog. She is a speaker, survivor, and advocate writing about women’s health, humanitarian issues, and the intersection of science and yoga. Check out Chelsea’s website and follow her on Facebook and Twitter.

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*All photos via Huffington Post.

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http://www.facebook.com/susan.foncannon Susan Foncannon

Years ago my family hadboth a cat and a dog.The cat and dog were best friends. The cat never got pregnant while the dog was alive. We had to put him down due to severe illness and the cat went into the fire place and did not come out for three days and then she went out and got pregnant. All the pets that I have had show emotion. So this does not surprise me.
http://www.facebook.com/adela.frezza Adela Frezza

all animals have the right to be protected against cruel human beings(if humans are what you’d really call these people) It breaks mt heart to see the horrible things that are done to these poor sweet animals!
rjm

This is very true! Glad the scientists are catching up. My son has a chronic illness. His cat could tell that he was getting sick before the symptoms showed up. The cat would lay on him and not leave his side. My son would actually come tell me “I must be getting sick again because the cat won’t leave me alone”.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=608708035 Becky Lee

The last picture of the dog there… it’s a Shiba Inu. They are very emotionally attached to their owners, we have one. You can tell when they are unhappy when their tail uncurls. lol. Amazing Dogs!
- Wendy
  
  I also have a Shiba Inu and agree – the attachment is deep and amazing. Speaking of emotions, she developed a deep depression and anxiety after we had 2 little boys who are very loud and rambunctious. I felt so badly for her – ultimately, we tried her on an antidepressant and pheromone collar and she has remarkably come back to life.
Jake

No real scientist would ever make such a blanket statement. Some animals, such as monkeys, dolphins, and dogs, may show signs of consciousness. However, many others, such as bees, ants, certain types of fish and birds, do not. There is a simple test, the mirror test, that many researchers use to examine consciousness and self-awareness, and many animals do not pass. To say “animals” as a whole have consciousness is inaccurate. Even more, it belittles humankind, which is clearly different in psychology from every other animal. However, this doesn’t mean that animals should not be protected and treated humanely. In fact, as many of them do not have consciousness, and cannot show emotion or speak for themselves, it is up to us humans – the smartest and most emotional creatures on Earth – to take the right steps to protect these animals.
- http://www.facebook.com/renata.bassirogan Renata Elizabeth Bassi Rogan
  
  Perhaps, you should read the article more carefully – “The list of animals named in their declaration includes all mammals, birds, and even the octopus.” Notice that insects are not on the list….. Most birds do react to a mirror, perhaps you have not been very observant
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000576101852 Mairi Morrison
  
  Mmm, maybe you should actually read the Cambridge Declaration (link in the article) before commenting, Jake.
  
  The scientists who have signed the declaration are specialists in this field, namely: “a prominent international group of cognitive neuroscientists, neuropharmacologists, neurophysiologists, neuroanatomists and computational neuroscientists”
  
  Further, although you have clearly never known or owned a bird, for you to dismissively say that they show no signs of consciousness – as a lifelong bird owner, I can categorically state that this is NOT true! I am pleased to note that the scientists are firmly with me on this one – the declaration also states: “Birds appear to offer, in their behavior, neurophysiology, and neuroanatomy a striking case of parallel evolution of consciousness. Evidence of near human-like levels of consciousness has been most dramatically observed in African grey parrots. Mammalian and avian emotional networks and cognitive microcircuitries appear to be far more homologous than previously thought. Moreover, certain species of birds have been found to exhibit neural sleep patterns similar to those of mammals, including REM sleep and, as was demonstrated in zebra finches, neurophysiological patterns, previously thought to require a mammalian neocortex. Magpies in particular have been shown to exhibit striking similarities to humans, great apes, dolphins, and elephants in studies of mirror self-recognition.”
  
  So, that sort of blows your own theory and pre-conceived notion about the results of mirror test out the water, doesn’t it?
- AnimalCrazyHomeschooler
  
  You are so right on! We are the superior creations on the planet, and God made it so for a reason.
  - http://twitter.com/MorganLver MorganLver
    
    Oh, please! Personally, I think humans are proving to be the most selfish, destructive, self-centered, cruelest creatures this planet has ever seen or ever will see. We are not only ruining our planet for ourselves, we are ruining it for all the other creatures that must share it with us.
    
    If only we were as smart as we thing we are….
    - Tscottyd
      
      Fortunately/unfortunately with great power comes great responsibility. Humans are the only creature with both the power to destroy all life and the power to save many lives. If it weren’t for our levels of intelligence maybe we wouldn’t be the dominant creature, but we also wouldn’t have the power to halt patterns of destruction that might otherwise wipe out entire species and ecosystems.
- D
  
  I believe the mirror test only shows signs of vanity. Those that are so into THEMSELVES or aware of their own actions, ‘recognize’ what is happening in the mirror. THOSE that KNOW what is happening in the mirror, could give a Sh** and go on with their lives.
Ted Audi

What matters for equal treatment is the <> of conscious state animals have. Feeling pain and suffering are not the same thing. Suffering has a reflexive component, which merely feeling pain lacks.
- http://twitter.com/MorganLver MorganLver
  
  They used to claim animals were incapable of feeling pain. That was proven wrong. Now, it’s been proven wrong that they don’t have consciousness and can indeed think. Something people who have lived with animals knew all the time.
jen

Just like people, animals within each species have different states of spiritual consciousness. Many that are just learning about life and live through power or fear, just like many human beings. Others have learned much about life and are remarkable in their ability to express love to all life even when treated with remarkable cruelty. Life is life. Honor it all.
robin

we are all connected to everything…..
http://www.facebook.com/linda.a.young.9 Linda Anne Layton Young

It’s sad that some animals show more love and affection than some humans.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1374664024 Janene Homan

well done scientists – finally realised what most of us already knew :>)
teacholivares

It is about time. I could have told them this when I was 5.
just me

I think animals have attachment and experience different emotional states, which is different from human emotion and love (attachment is part of love, not the whole of it). I am an animal lover and life long pet owner. I will never equate human love and affection with that from an animal. They are the same, but different enough to exist on different planes. I am extremely attached to my cats and a part of the affection I have for them is like that of a parent towards a child but the love I have for them and for my children are worlds apart, and I think should be. It is the reason we can support animal euthenasia and not human euthenasia.
- wildflower
  
  Humans are animals. Every species is different, but then again every individual is different. This says nothing about their awareness, ability to love or their intrinsic value. Human life isn’t more valuable than a life of any other animal. There’s nothing universally special about humans, we are among millions of other life forms on this planet. Simply claiming that we are special, doesn’t make it so.
  
  Many of us humans have the privilege to choose our actions according to our moral standards, and make compassionate choices that other animals cannot in the wild. But there’s nothing “magical” or “special” about human love- it’s a result of natural processes and causes, it exists in other life forms too where socialization requires it. It’s apparent in all animals to an open mind of an observer. Only an arrogant and delusional person would deny that other living beings feel, or that their feelings are just as “real” and valuable as ours.
  - http://www.facebook.com/tanika.boudreau Tanika Boudreau
    
    You took the words out of my mouth!!!!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=550340393 Terry Dillon

Cows taste good.
Linda Harrington

My Golden Retriever comes to me, when I ask” Do you want a Hug?”, and we do.
http://www.facebook.com/kelly.davisraggo Kelly Davis Raggo

May all beings be peaceful.

May all beings be happy.

May all beings be safe.

May all beings awaken to the light of their true nature.

May all beings be free.
oh don johnson

the girl in the red shorts has a nice ass
- Kayla
  
  That girl in the red shorts looks to be under the age of 17. Do we have a pedophile on here?
  - Quix
    
    It may depend rather on which country they come from….
- http://www.facebook.com/lilly.martinmillan Lilly Martin Millan
  
  That’s not an ass, it’s a horse!
Val

Finally
Linda Snowden

My beloved child(pet), goes to work with me everyday!! She understands what I expect of her……and what I speak when I talk to her…….It may sound strange, but Beanie Sue does understand me & we can relate to each other…….after all, its just her & I…….Especially when no one else wants to listen!!!!!!! LOL!!
G.M.S.A.

The cat and the poor old lady made me cry.
eva

I think the real question is: Are animals as pretentious as humans?
http://www.facebook.com/ty.gurr.5 Ty Gurr

Does this mean they’ll also be granting animals equal rights and freedom from abuse as well?
- Animal lover
  
  I am hoping so!
- phil
  
  Yes and their young can be aborted as we humans do!
Adam

This is ridiculous and completely irresponsible of the author who has completely mislead his/her readers. The declaration reads, “the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness. Nonhuman animals, including all mammals and birds, and many other creatures, including octopuses, also possess these neurological substrates”.

This means their brains have the material that *could* produce a certain level of conscious awareness. However, like a kitchen cupboard, I could have flour, water, sugar, and baking powder, but that doesn’t mean I have pancakes!

Another caution is that consciousness is not an on/off phenomenon but rather, graded. A monkey takes up to three days alone in a room with a mirror to begin to realize that HE is in the mirror. A dog, even more time, it ever. A rat, never. (just one example).

This published paper is not a revelation. It’s an idea several people had that is now over inflated.
- Patrik
  
  Adam, your name is fitting It obviously seems like you think that we (humans) have the only subscription to feelings.
  Anyone who has been around animals for any length of time, doesn’t need a breakthrough from scientist to know this. It’s important however, because the pope declared animals soul less and in many catholic countries they treat animals accordingly. Let horses stand in dark stables 24 7 just to take them out for a joyride once a month, tie their dog to a pole when departing from him him/her etc etc..
  So the good thing with this study is that politicians (religious as well) will hopefully open their eyes…
  - Phil
    
    You are just typing anti-Catholic propaganda! There is nothing in the article about the Church’s teaching on souls! And anyway, the Latin for soul = Anima… Read some of St. Thomas Aquanias’ doctrinal essays on the difference between “soul” and “spirit”
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1056039962 Sandy Tubb
  
  Adam you are about as clueless to what constitutes life and all the wonderful complexities there are. What a fucking putz you are but tell you what I hope you never own an animal as you are the kind that would most likely dump it somewhere when it didn’t live up to your expectations. Christ no wonder the US is in the mess it’s in.
Lisa

I’ve always known this, as I’m sure every animal lover knew it too.
http://www.facebook.com/sezzie86 Sarah Capper

i agree 100 percent, i even feel bad if i step on a snail, how would you feel if u were that snail but then i feel like a hypocrite as i still eat meat, soooo confusing sometimes
- jbibiza
  
  Don’t be confused… we are part of the food chain, would you expect a lion to graze on grass? The only problem i have with eating meat is the horrible conditions animals are kept in. I have raised my own chickens, beef and lamb and didn’t have a problem eating the meat. The animals had good free range lives and a quick humane death.
- sarah g
  
  I sprayed two mating snails with raid last night. It was fun
  - Bring It
    
    sicko
- http://www.facebook.com/robert.jipson Robert Darryl Jipson
  
  MEAT IS MURDER!
  - http://www.facebook.com/cindy.campo.1 Cindy Campo
    
    Vegetables are murder!!
- zuki
  
  i know exactly how you feel I am the same.
http://www.facebook.com/kenro56 Kenny Roemer

Geez, no kidding… its about time they caught up.. the scientists I mean.
Jess

so now they’ll stop animal experiments, right? finally? I hope so.
- http://www.facebook.com/michigank9guy Zane Pavelka
  
  VERY doubtful
- Sarah
  
  Research that involved animals has played a vital part in the advancement of the flu & polio vaccine, organ transplants, replacement heart valves, cancer research, pacemakers, high blood pressure medications, premature infant life support, chemotherapy, and many more areas of research – including areas of animal medicine. Most of which could not be studied otherwise. Animal research is an important and sensitive topic that deserves careful consideration, but we can’t deny or ignore the fact that the entire animal kingdom would be greatly disadvantaged without it.
  - bbu
    
    I have mixed emotions about some of the testing, although almost all of it could be done in a more humane way. But some of the things they do test and studies are unnecessary and cruel. I won’t list them, but did you know that road tar is dangerous?
  - Terri
    
    Actually there are alternative ways to do research without the requirement of animals. The only reason why animals are used is because they think its cheaper. In reality the alternatives are more effective and therefore save money in the long run. There is absolutely no reason for cruelty to animals- there are no excuses, do some research before you say something ignorant.
    - Sarah
      
      Thanks for your response. I fully agree that there are alternatives to many types of animal testing today, but much of the research I mentioned above was completed decades ago when these alternatives were not developed yet. I’m *not* in a position to argue whether that research should have been done or whether or not it was ethical, but animals (ours and other species) wouldn’t be where we are today without that research.
      
      Today, accredited institutions must submit all research protocols that involve animals through ethical review systems before any data can be collected. These systems have a broad spectrum of people on the approval board (including non-scientists) to be sure there are no other reasonable options (see http://www.iacuc.org). In addition, any type of research that could possibly involve any type of pain or suffering (actually, a very small percentage) is extremely carefully scrutinized and only passed if there are absolutely no other alternatives. An example of this is some types of pain medication research. Again, very sensitive and important topic that has very real implications on either side.
      
      You are correct in stating that animals are the cheaper option – sometimes protocols *are* passed that involve animals rather than much more expensive alternatives only when no pain or suffering is involved. Because these research projects are often funded through the government (at least in the U.S.), our tax dollars pay for this research. Much of the time, language in the grants stipulate that animal research will be used instead of more expensive alternatives to produce a larger amount of results and findings. PLEASE call your U.S. representative and get involved to change this system if you oppose it.
      
      “Research” done by commercial for-profit organizations (make-up companies, cleaning product companies, etc.) that regularly test animals often engage in what people rightfully refer to as animal cruelty. I don’t disagree. I assume that these companies don’t go through IACUC because much of the testing is done behind closed doors and they can pay for silence or law suits (someone correct me if I’m wrong). To resolve this type of animal testing, we need to not buy their products and bring to light their systems of developing products.
- http://www.facebook.com/sarah.judd.3152 Sarah Judd
  
  Unfortunately, I don’t think they will.
Anami

A few years ago Sri Harold Klemp the leaser of Eckankar published a book “Animals are Soul too”. Sometime the voice of the masses and science are the wrong guide!
marks

something we’ve always known…
http://www.facebook.com/doug.handy.3 Doug Handy

Finally!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/doug.handy.3 Doug Handy

All the pics are heart-warming, but the one with the horse is beyond words.
- http://www.facebook.com/sarah.judd.3152 Sarah Judd
  
  My English Mastiff used to do the same thing, wrap his leg around me when I hugged him. He is no longer alive. He’s been dead for two years and it is still so painful I can hardly even think straight.
Phil

Bald eagle eggs have more rights than unborn human persons.
http://www.facebook.com/HumaneWisdom Deb Likes-Schroer

I am happy to be their voice, anywhere, anytime! Great news for all animal lovers and even better news for those that have no clue.
Terry Lucas

I don’t quibble with the assertion that some non-human species display evidence of consciousness, I challenge the assumption that all individual examples of homo sapiens are equally conscious–there is evidence that there is a wide range on the scale of awareness, individually–one pole representing a state of extreme mindfulness, the other pole representing a collective cognitive imperative. This range explains the obvious differences among societies with respect to their individual vs collective or tribal natures. And, we as a species, are still evolving in this respect. Who can say what the final outcome will be…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Kathleen-Reidy/1108961153 Kathleen Reidy

Thats is why we should all be vegans. Cows cry while they are in line at the slaughter house. They can hear the agonizing screams of those that go before them. Dairy Cows mourn when their babies are ripped away from them.
- sarah g
  
  But I like cows
- Ashley
  
  I dont know if I would go as far as to say we should all be vegans. I believe that as long as the animal is being put to full use, it is fine. The food chain is part of nature so I dont think anything is wrong with that. What bothers me is when people discard so much of the animal and it goes to waste. I go as far as making soup out of the bones of the cut of meat I make. In the end, the food chain has been around as long as animals roamed the planet, so why fight nature.
  - Anna
    
    I think the overriding principle is that the animal doesn’t go through pain. What you’re saying sounds like that would be OK as long as we used all the parts…
  - Compassion
    
    It’s my prayer that you evolve to a point where compassion for all beings overwhelms you.
  - J.D.
    
    Humans were never built for eating meat. Our grinding teeth and sensitive digestive systems were never made for tearing off and digesting animal flesh. I find it shocking that someone would argue that eating animal flesh and wearing its skin/fur is ‘being put to full use’. Seeing as we are also animals, would you argue that we should have our flesh and skin removed and ‘put to full use’?
    
    You said ‘why fight nature’, but there is nothing natural about sending a farmed animal to slaughter long before it has even reached the prime of its life.
    It is entirely possible to lead a healthy diet on a fruit, legumes, pulses, beans, nuts and seeds. Which I believe is far closer to our natural diet and rightful place on the food chain.
    - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000992181795 Clark Gordon Gibbons
      
      Apparently you’re forgetting something. Humans thousands of years ago were in hunting gathering societies. AND we have have incisors that ARE made for tearing off flesh. You are thinking only of the molars and not the entire mouth.
    - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1032381965 Vera Narishkin
      
      Humans are omnivorous – their digestive system is built to digest meat as well as vegetables, fruits, roots and nuts.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Kathleen-Reidy/1108961153 Kathleen Reidy

Pope John Paul II stated that God breathed life into all creatures therefore animals possess a soul and should be treated with dignity.
- amy h
  
  Why do you say that Pope John Paul II is the speaker of truth? It doesn’t say that in the bible, so it seems to me that he is adding his own opinion to it
  - Voldermort
    
    So the Bible is truth? What a loa… hold on, sorry I think Harry Potter just went by.
  - Antoine
    
    Pope John Paul II never said that animals possess a soul. And he was a speaker of the truth acording to the bible and not acording to his own opinion. Also he was an extraordinary good and wise man, touched by God for sure. Not a mediocre criticising person like amy h.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000992181795 Clark Gordon Gibbons
  
  Why should we believe anything that he says? He’s the head of an organization that molests children.
sarah g

Animals obviously do not feel emotion, these scientists are full of it. You can train an animal to do anything, like sit, stand, even hug! Why don’t animals bury their dead? They just leave them and let wild animals eat them. Do you let wild animals eat your loved ones?
- D
  
  seriously? ‘burying the dead’ has nothing to do w/ ‘feeling emotion’. They are 2 different actions, processes and require 2 different abilities ONE OF THEM REQUIRES THUMBS….maybe you’re still missing yours.
  - sarah g
    
    YOu can’t dig with your fingers? you just use thumbs?
    - sarah g
      
      What about animals that dig themselves underground? Why would they need thumbs to bury their dead? They can obviously dig.
sarah g

Why you delete my post? Because I disagreed?
- Battle
  
  1) Because you’re spamming like a mofo.
  
  2) It’s pretty obvious you’ve never owned animals and gotten close to them, then left for a few days. If you ever had, you’d understand the reaction and the feelings that they hold inside of them.
  
  3) You’re an idiot.
  - sarah g
    
    I spammed because you deleted them, you moron.
sarah g

animals dont feel anything
sarah g

animals dont feel anything!
sarah g

stop deleting my post. because animals dont feel anything!
sarah g

i can train you to hug, i can train an animal to hug
sarah g

freedom of speech! stop deleting my comments. i can just keep spamming
yeshi grea

animals feel everything!
cjd1984

This is bs, sure animals can think and feel but they are not on the same conscious level as us humans. And i know you will argue agianst me and hate me for my comment, but remember I don’t care
Eventer

IMO, animals are not capable of “romantic love” as we view it, but are capable of trust and respect, which we interpret as love. Like my horse, she sees me coming and is happy because she trusts me and knows that I bring her food. Does she love me? Probably not, but we have a bond and she will try to do as I ask not out of love, but trust and respect, of course training is there as well. YMMV.
The girl with the horse leg over her is asking for a huge hospital bill. That is not love, that is dangerous. The horse is not viewing her as the alpha and is dominating her. Horses treat humans as other horses and you have to be the alpha in the herd. Do you think another horse will allow this horse to do the leg hanging thing with them? Not on your life.
Voldermort

How long did it take to work that out?! We are animals, clever tool using animals but animals all the same. I see similar intelligence in most other animals too. But I am in a quandary. I am a type 1 diabetic, kept alive by medicine created in part through animal testing. I eat supermarket meat, to poor to buy free range and no land to farm my own. What to do?
- Voldermort
  
  Oh yes I know, create a worldwide community that adheres to the same socialist ideals of equality, respect and sustainability. hmmmm…
Dave McGarraugh

It made me glad to read this article. And to the dismissive,
disrespectful readers, dont be a jerk and disagree about the animals
being able to share love, and participate in love. Just because YOU
OBVIOUSLY HAVEN’T EXPERIENCED what this article is talking about, does not mean that this is not a valid observation, it just means that you
haven’t had the rich experience to share a spiritual connection with
ALL life. As I have lived my whole life with animals, they are very much
capable of loving. ALL of life and living things are all one. It is
part of our HIGHEST RESPONSIBILITY of being Human, to take care of
Nature, and to love it. I hope that one day, society will accept this.
Peace. -Dave McGarraugh-
Walker

If you’re an animal lover, this is a no brainer. But where do you distinguish what level of cognitive understanding a non-human animal must possess in order to be considered having human emotions? Do you distinguish between a dog and a tree beetle? The scientists say the include all animals, but is an ant capable of experiencing and expressing emotion? See…..it’s not as easy as you thought to ethically distinguish what is considered “worthy” by human standards of expressing emotion. (BTW Ants do express emotions)
http://www.facebook.com/nancy.w.parleir Nancy Wellborn Parleir

I was down petting one of my cats the other day and said to her, ‘Nobody’s given me any sugar today’, whereupon she reached over and give me a kiss on my forehead… they understand everything we say and we don’t understand anything they say!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1047961280 Sharice Harris

I’ve always known animals were conscious, It’s still amazing to me that some people can’t tell that. If animals can follow our signals and come to us when we call them by name, then why in the world can’t we understand them when they call us? The animals I’ve come into contact with, elephants, dogs, cats, snakes and lizards, birds and horses, all spoke to me in their own way. We just have to be silent and listen, they are.:)
http://avpixlat.info/ Morningstar

I think they should stop animal experiments. I have a much better idea. Do it on convicted pedophiles, murderers, rapists, arsonist and such human slag instead. At least they deserve it.
- ZUKI
  
  I agree !!
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000992181795 Clark Gordon Gibbons
  
  Technically that would violate the constitution as it would fall under cruel and unusual punishment, but I share your sentiments.
Antoine

Plants are also conscious! I dont eat plants, only their seeds! Vegans usually dont think about that! Plants also have feelings!!
NuriaRodriguez

Hopefully they felt like the crap they are once they made the realization that all of those animals they experimented on actually knew what was happening to them and felt pain and fear.
Elaine

I rather think they are universal emotions, rather than human emotions. Perhaps we’d be better off having “animal emotions.”
Iva

It is not only about being animal-lover, to posses the capacity – to see, feel and understand this, it is about being a LIFE lover. Cause if you really love LIFE you’ll love it, respect it and cherish it in every shape and size as it walks on this earth.
MentalStatesForFood

So do insects?
jackie

I have known this all along
http://www.facebook.com/sarah.judd.3152 Sarah Judd

It not just by species… CAN the lion lay down with the lamb here on earth? Yes, it is possible… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZw-1BfHFKM&list=LLpllTp0SZKZIoogftKvaR9Q