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"Other animals exhibit other elements of morality—including empathy. Mice, for instance, can share the emotional state of another individual, exhibiting increased sensitivity to pain if they see a companion showing signs of pain. Dogs recognize distress in their owners and will offer consolation. Rats will sacrifice their own gains to alleviate the suffering of a conspecific…" scientificamerican.com/article
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Illustration of person walking with other animals on beach
Scientific American · Human Uniqueness Is a Myth, Mounting Evidence ShowsBy Kate Wong

As always, an informative & hilarious podcast from my favorite podcats (yes, that was originally a typo but I've decided to own it), Alex & Katie 🥰

My only complaint about this one is that they didn't mention the pretty zoo-historic Marius the giraffe event at Copenhagen Zoo which, despite being about a very mundane bit of day-to-day zoo operations, became an international news item, causing among other things death threats to the zoo staff... 😱

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