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Anthropomorphism and Anthropodenial: Consistency in Our Thinking about Humans and Other
Animals
Author(s): Frans B. M. de Waal
Source: Philosophical Topics, Vol. 27, No. 1, Zoological Philosophy (SPRING 1999), pp. 255-280
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PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS
VOL.
27,NO.1,SPRING
1999

and Anthropodenial :
Anthropomorphism

Consistency in Our Thinking about

Humans and Other Animals

Frans B. M. de Waal
Emory University

I amafirm
believerthatwithout there
speculation is no
goodandoriginal
observation.
- Darwin,18571

Ifwefeelourselves bythebehavior
affected
emotionally
ofan animal thatwehaveintu-
, itis a clearindication
discovered
itively a similarity
between and
itsbehavior
humanbehavior. Weshouldnotconcealthisin our
description.
- K. Lorenz, HereamI- Where AreYou?1991,260

Fear ofthedangersofanthropomorphism has caused


toneglect
ethologists many interesting
phenomena , and
ithasbecome thatthey
apparent couldafforda littledis-
indulgence.
ciplined
-Hinde,Ethology, 1982,76-78

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DOMAINS OF PARSIMONY

The ancientGreeksbelievedthatthecenteroftheuniversewas rightwhere


theylived.The omphalosoftheworld - a largestoneintheshapeofa bee-
-
hive can stillbe foundamongthetempleruinsin thefoothillsofMount
Parnassos,nearDelphi.
Whatbetterlocationtoponderhumanity's positionin thecosmos?In
1996,a groupof philosophers, biologists,and psychologists gatheredin
Greeceto debateconceptssuchas theAnthropic Principle,accordingto
whichthepresenceofhumanlifeexplainswhytheuniverseis uniform in
all ofitsdirections. Nexttothisidea,theGreekillusionofbeingatthenavel
oftheworldlooksrather innocent. The themeofourmeeting, theproblem
ofanthropomorphism,2 relatesverymuchto theself-absorbed attitudethat
has spawnedsuchtheories.
As I willargue,anthropomorphism andanthropocentrism areneverfar
apart:thefirst is partlya "problem"duetothesecond.Thisis evidentifone
considerswhichcharacterizations of animalsotherthanourselves(from
hereonreferred toas animals)tendtobe criticized as anthropomorphic. To
saythatan animalfollowsits"instincts" is as mucha matter ofinterpreta-
tionas to say thatit acts"intentionally," yetit is onlythesecondkindof
description thatgetsoneintotrouble.Giventhattheabsenceofintentional-
ly is as hardto proveas itspresence,and giventhelack of evidencethat
animalsdiffer frompeopleinthisregard,suchcautionwouldbe acceptable
ifhumanbehaviorwereheldtothesamestandard. But,ofcourse,itis not.3
Criesofanthropomorphism areheardparticularly whena rayoflighthitsa
speciesotherthanourown.
DerivedfromtheGreekfor"humanform,"anthropomorphism has
enjoyed a negative reputation ever since Xenophanes, around 570 b.c.,
objectedto Homer'spoetrybecauseittreated thegodsas iftheywerepeo-
ple.4Why assume thatgods look like us? Xenophanes mockedthearro-
gance behind this position,suggesting that if horses could drawpictures,
they would no doubt make their gods look like horses. Hence theoriginal
of
meaning anthropomorphism is that of misattribution ofhuman qualities
tononhumans, oratleastoverestimation ofthesimilarities betweenhumans
andnonhumans. Sincenobodywantsto be accusedofanytypeofmisattri-
butionoroverestimation, thismakesitsoundas ifanthropomorphism is to
be avoidedunderall circumstances.
But thequestionwhether anthropomorphism is acceptable,or not,is
inseparable from our relationwith the animals. The studyofanimalbehav-
ioris amongtheoldestofhumanendeavors. As hunter-gatherers, ourances-
torsneededintimate knowledge of floraand fauna, including the habitsof
theirpreyas well as theanimalsthatpreyon humans.As pointedoutby

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Serpell,5 thehuman-animal relationship musthavebeenrelatively egalitar-
ianduringthisperiod.Hunters exerciselittlecontrol: theyneedtoanticipate
themovesoftheirprey,andfeelrespectfortheircunningiftheyescape.A
morepracticalkindof knowledgebecamenecessarywhenourancestors
tookup agriculture andbeganto domesticate animalsforfoodandmuscle
power. Animals became dependent on us and subservient to ourwill.The
hunter's orientation tonatural behavior, and the farmer's utilitarian
andhus-
bandry perspective, are still
recognizable today in the two traditionalscien-
tificapproachesto animalbehavior:thatof thezoologistand thatof the
psychologist.
The imageof KonradLorenzbeingfollowedby a cohortofhonking
geese,orcallinghistameravenoutofthesky,is quitedifferent fromthatof
B. F. Skinnerwithhishandaroundthewingsofa pigeon,placingthebird
in a so-calledSkinnerbox. The contrast is notmerelyin thepersonalrela-
tionwiththesubjectofstudy, butalso inthewaybehavioralinformation is
being extracted. Observing animals under natural or naturalisticconditions,
ethologists (behavioralzoologists)areinterested in lifecyclesandspecies-
typicalbehavior, suchas howanimalsdefendterritories, courttheopposite
sex, evade predators, raise their young, communicate with one another, and
so on.Theytryto meettheanimalon itsownterms, comparing behavioral
characteristics alongphylogenetic lines.As pointedoutbyTinbergen,6 the
ethologist takes a distinctly functional and evolutionary perspective.Given
the millionsof species on earth,the groundsforcomparisonare inex-
haustible.
Behaviorists (psychologists), on theotherhand,oftenhavelittleinter-
est in theanimalper se. Theystudyanimalsto discovergenerallaws of
behaviorand,ultimately, tounderstand ourselves. Theirmainfocusis onthe
of
acquisition stimulus-response contingencies, theprediction
and andcon-
trolofbehavior. the
Thus, comparative of
aspect comparative psychology is
essentiallyanthropocentric: are
extrapolations generally from animals to
humansalong a linearprogressionfrom"lower" to "higher"forms.7
Domesticated animals,suchas whiteratsandpigeons,areraisedinthelab-
oratory as models forthe"highest"formoflife.Theseso-calledphyloge-
neticscales havenothingto do withactualphylogeny, however,whichis
manifestly nonlinear.8
In bothapproaches,anthropomorphism is an issue of concernand
but
debate, only the behaviorists have erected a formal obstacletoit.Thisfol-
lows logicallyfrom their drive to explain behavior - animalas well as
human - without "resorting" to mentalistic concepts.Although ethologists
haveoccasionally fallenforthepositivistic appealofthisposition,9 theynever
made it a formal component of their discipline. The behaviorist positionis
commonly to
traced C. LloydMorgan,10 dampenedwho the enthusiasm for

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introspectiveandsubjectivistic approaches to animalbehaviorbyformulat-
inghis famouscanon:"In no case maywe interpret an actionas theout-
comeoftheexerciseofa higherpsychicalfaculty, ifitcanbe interpreted as
theoutcomeoftheexerciseofonewhichstandsloweron thepsychological
scale."Thisposition, withitsnullhypothesis thatmentaloperations in ani-
malsarerelatively simple,willbe referred tohereas cognitive parsimony .u
All fundamental positions have their counterparts, however. Even
thoughthisis notuniversally acknowledged, thedebateaboutanthropo-
morphism is essentiallysymmetrical (table1). Atthesametimethatanthro-
pomorphism is rejectedon thegroundsthatittendsto overestimate animal
mentalcomplexity, shouldnotwe be equallyworriedaboutthepossible
underestimation ofsimilaritiesbetweenhumansandanimals,andthepossi-
ble underestimation ofanimalmentalcomplexity? Alternatively,coulditbe
thatwe routinely overestimate humanmentalcomplexity? Thelackofterms
to describetheseparticular sourcesofinaccuracyatteststo thebias in the
debatethusfar.WhereasLehmanproposesto expand the meaningof
"anthropomorphism" to coverthiskindof error,I have coinedtheterm
anthropodenial forthea priorirejectionof sharedcharacteristics between
humansand animalswhenin facttheymayexist.12 Anthropodenial is a
blindnessto thehuman-like characteristicsof animals,or theanimal-like
characteristicsofourselves.
Anthropomorphism is generally considered a worsesinthananthropo-
denialmainlybecausethefirst tendstoviolatetheprinciple ofcognitive par-
simony, whereas thesecond rarelydoes so. Yet, parsimony can be sought in
variousdomains,andthecognitive domainis notinherently moreimportant

TABLE1
PARSIMONY

Domainof Default
Position Risk
Inherent Concerns
Parsimony
Cognitive Thesimplest False Anthropomorphism
possible
cognitive simplicity
explanation
applies
Evolutionary related
Closely False Anthropodenial
are
species similarity
similar
cognitively

canbepursued
Parsimony inthecognitive
aswellastheevolutionary Ifthesearch
domain. for
inonedomain
parsimony conflicts
with
thesearch weneedtochoose
inanother, between
risks.
acceptable Critics warn
ofanthropomorphism against ofanimal
theoverestimation men-
talcomplexity,
whereas
critics warn
ofanthropodenial thepostulation
against ofdifferences
wherenonemayexist.

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thananyother.As a biologist,I attachthegreatest possibleimportance to
economyin explanations ofhowandwhendifferences arosein evolution-
arytime.The implications ofthisposition,calledevolutionary parsimony,
arefeltstrongestwhenthecomparisonconcernshumansandtheirclosest
theanthropoid
relatives, apes.As summarized before:
Byfarthesimplest assumption thesocialbehavior
regarding of
thechimpanzee ... is thatifthisspecies'behavior resembles
thatofourselvesthentheunderlying psychological andmental
mustbe similar
processes too.To proposeotherwise requires
thatweassume theevolution ofdivergentprocesses forthepro-
ductionof similarbehavior. Whileacceptable in connection
withdistantlyrelatedspecies,thisassumption is nevermade
whenthecomparison concerns nonhuman organisms withonly
a fewmillionyearsofseparate evolution.
Historically, ourown
specieshasbeenconsidered an exception in thisregard, yet
argumentsforthisposition haveneverbeenpurely or even
scientific.13
largely
In otherwords,similarity betweenanimalspeciesrequiresa unitary
explanation unlessthe species under consideration havebeenseparated by
enoughevolutionary time to seriously consider evolutionaryconvergence.
Thus,ifwolvesandcoyotessharea largenumberofbehaviorpatterns, the
logical assumption is that these are
patterns causally and functionally
related.Theyprobably derivedfromthecommonancestor ofbothspecies.14
The same cladisticrationaleappliedto humansand theirclose relatives
shouldlead us to adoptcognitivesimilarity as thedefaultposition,thus
makinganthropomorphism a virtualnonissue. Withthephylogenetic split
betweenhumansandchimpanzees assumedtohavebeena merefiveto six
millionyearsago,byfarthegreater riskwouldbe anthropodenial.
Thispositionis,ofcourse,notentirely new.One ofthefirst to advocate
cross-specificuniformity in behavioral explanations was David Hume, who
formulated thefollowing touchstone inA TreatiseofHumanNature:
Tis from theresemblance oftheexternal ofanimals
actions to
thosewe ourselves perform, thatwejudgetheir internal
like-
wisetoresemble ours;andthesameprinciple car-
ofreasoning,
ry'd one stepfarther, willmakeus concludethatsinceour
internalactionsresemble eachother, thecauses,from which
theyarederiv'd, mustalsoberesembling. Whenanyhypothe-
is advanc'd
sis,therefore, toexplain a mental which
operation,
is common tomenandbeasts, wemustapplythesamehypoth-
esistoboth.15
It is important totheAmerican
to addthat,incontrast who
behaviorists
twocenturies laterwouldaccommodate animalsandhumanswithina sin-
gleframework byseriouslydowngrading andrel-
humanmentalcomplexity
Humeheldanimals
egatingconsciousnessto thedomainof superstition,16

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appearsto me moreevidentthanthatbeastsare
in highesteem:"No truth
endow'dwiththought andreasonas wellas men."17

ANTHROPOCENTRIC ANTHROPOMORPHISM

Modernculturebombardsus withhumanizationsof animalsthatcon-


foundseriousdebateabouttheroleofanthropomorphism in science.Walt
Disney made us forget that Mickey is a mouse and Donald a duck.
Sesame Street,theMuppetShow,Barney:televisionis populatedwith
talkingand singinganimalrepresentations withlittlerelationto theirreal
counterparts. Populardepictions are oftenpedomorphic; thatis, theyfol-
low ethology'sKindchenschema byendowing animals with enlargedeyes
androundedinfantile featuresdesignedto evokeendearment andprotec-
tiveness. Some believe that the entertainment industry'smassive
"Bambification"of animalsrunsparallel to the modernanimalrights
movement.18
Thenthereis thesatiricalanthropomorphism basedon theassumption
thatno one wishestobe comparedwithan animal.Some oftheoldestcar-
toonsdepictpublicfigures as animals,a pattern thatI experienced firsthand
whenthe1987Frenchtranslation ofmy1982Chimpanzee Politicsappeared.
Unbeknownst to me, the publisherhad put two majorpoliticalrivals,
François Mitterand andJacquesChirac,on thecoverwitha grinning chim-
panzee between them. The publisher no doubt wished to imply thatthese
politicians act like apes, thus negatingthe whole point of the book, which
was notto ridiculepeoplebutto showthatchimpanzeeslive in complex
societies,likeours,fullofjockeyingforpower.19
One mayalso ask whyzoo visitorsare alwaysjokingaboutthepri-
mates,whereastheantelopes, andelephants
lions,reptiles, failtoelicithilar-
ity.Peoplestand in front ofthe rock and
monkey hooting yelling, scratching
themselvesin an exaggerated manner,and pointingat theanimalswhile
shouting pleasantries like:"I hadtolooktwice,Larry, I thought itwas you!"
More thanotheranimals,primatesplace question a mark behindthe
dichotomy In
betweenthevisitorsandthevisited. mymind, laughing the
reflects
anthropodenial: itis a nervousreactioncausedbyan uncomfortable
resemblance.20
The most commonanthropomorphism, however,is the kind that
naivelyattributes humanfeelingsandthoughts animalsbasedon insuffi-
to
cientinformation or wishfulthinking, suchas whenpeople exclaim"He
mustbe thedaddy!"whenan adultmaleofanyspeciesgentlyplayswitha
youngster. We aretheonlyanimals,however, withtheconceptofpaternity
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treatjuvenilesdifferently thannonfathers - butneverbasedon an explicit
understanding ofthelinkbetweensex andreproduction.
A published exampleofanthropomorphism fromthehumanrather than
theanimalpointofviewis MarshallThomas'ssuggestion, in TheHidden
LifeofDogs, thatvirginbitches"save" themselves forfuture "husbands,"
thusassuminga degreeof foresight, notto mentionpuritanvalues,for
whichthereis no indication in caninelife.211 recalla newspaper interview
witha womanwhoclaimedthatthesquirrelsin herbackyardlovedherto
an extraordinary degree.The rodentsvisitedhereveryday,cameindoors,
andacceptedfooddirectly fromherhand.She spentovera thousand dollars
per year on nuts.When the interviewer put the information together, dis-
creetly suggesting thatperhapstheabundant goodiesexplainedtheanimals'
fondness forher,thewomandeniedanyconnection.
Less naivelydone- butperhapsnaivelyswallowed - is a recentadver-
tisementforsupposedlyclean fossilfuel.The ad depictsa grizzlybear
enjoyinga pristine landscapewithhisarmdrapedaroundhismate'sshoul-
ders.In fact,bearsarenearsighted anddo notformpairbonds;theimageis
nothing but ourown behavior projectedontotheseanimals.
All suchinstancesof anthropomorphism areprofoundly anthropocen-
tric.The talkinganimalson television, thesatiricaldepictionofpublicfig-
ures,andthenaiveattribution ofhumanqualitiesto animalsareto a large
extent independent of what we know abouttheanimalsthemselves. In a tra-
ditiongoingback to thefolktales, Aesop, and La Fontaine, this kindof
anthropomorphism serves human socialpurposes: to mock, educate, moral-
ize, andrecreate.Mostofitsatisfies thepicture, cherished bymany,ofthe
animalkingdomas a peaceableandcozyplace.22The factthatanimalskill
anddevourone another, die of starvation anddisease,or areindifferent to
one another does notfittheincreasingly popularimage of animals as noble
savages.The generalpublicis less andless awareofthediscrepancies with
thereal worldas fewerpeople growup on farmsor otherwiseclose to
nature.Eventhoughhavinga petprovidesa realitycheck(dogsaregener-
allynice,butnottotheirpreynortoinvadersoftheirterritory), thefullpic-
tureofnature - itsglory, itshorror- escapesthemoderncitydweller.
In science,we tryto move awayfromanthropocentric anthropomor-
phism.Thegoalis nottofindsomequality inananimalthatis precisely equiv-
alenttoourowninnerlives.Instead,thefactthatwe areanimalsis exploited
todeveloptestable ideas(see HeuristicAnthropomorphism). Anthropocentric
anthropomorphism doesplaya rolein all ofthis,however, inthatitservesto
firmly planttheidea thatwe are animals.At an intuitive level,everychild
knowsthis,andwe reinforce thisknowledge withanimalstories, fairytales,
animatedmovies,andso on. Thus,a bondis createdwithall livingthings,
whichbondis critically examined onlylaterinlife.As notedbyShepard:

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Theimaginary continuitybetween animals'
livesandourown
reinforcesa profoundandenduring metonymy, a lifelong
shield
againstalienation.Especiallyattheendofpuberty, theendof
innocence, webegina lifelongworkofdifferentiating ourselves
fromthem. Butthisgrows from anearlier,unbreakable founda-
tionofcontiguity. a rigorous
Alternatively, insistenceofour-
selvessimply as different
deniestheshared underpinnings and
destroysa deeper senseofcohesion thatsustainsoursanityand
keepsourworld from disintegrating.
Anthropomorphism binds
ourcontinuitywith therestofthenaturalworld. Itgeneratesour
desiretoidentifywiththem andlearntheirnatural even
history,
though itis motivatedbya fantasy thattheyareno different
from ourselves.23
In thislast sentence,Shepardhintsat a morematureanthropomor-
phism,inwhichthehumanperspective is replaced,howeverimperfectly,
by
theanimal's.Lookedatthisway,onecouldarguethatanthropodenial results
froma differentiationbetweentheselfandtheanimalworldso complete
thatthebondis disrupted,whereasanimalcentric reflects
anthropomorphism
a differentiation
in whichthebondis preserved(fig.1).

Humans
set
Anthropodenial from
apart
nature
(dualism)

Nohuman-animal
I Concio"
Anthropocentric between
distinction
inchildhood | an
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Humans
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FIG. 1.Anatomy ofanthropomorphism. Attitudestowardsother animals develop


from thechild'slackofdistinction tovarious degreesofdifferentiation.Themost
radicaldifferentiation
disruptsthehuman-animal bondtoarrive ata denialof
human-like inanimals,
characteristics Thelowestdegree
i.e.,anthropodenial. of
ontheother
differentiation, hand,is reflectedina naiveprojection ofhuman expe-
riencesontoother animals,i.e.,anthropocentricanthropomorphism. A more
mature form ofdifferentiation
is achieved throughperspective-taking, whereone
realizesbothhowdifferent andhowsimilar anotherspeciesis,andlookatits
behavior as muchas possiblefrom theanimal's perspective,i.e.,animalcentric
anthropomorphism. Thelatter typeallowsscientists todevelop testableideas,i.e.,
heuristicanthropomorphism.

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ANIMALCENTRIC ANTHROPOMORPHISM

Whereaspoetsenjoya proverbial "license"to transform reality, scientists


lacksucha license.Metaphors areusedin sciencetogreateffect andadvan-
tage,butalso at greatperil.Whenmetaphors aretakenliterally, theybegin
to obscurereality.This lot befellthewell-known Struggle-for-Existence
viewofthenaturalworld.It keptgenerations ofbiologistsfromseeingthe
profound conflux of interests among individuals andspecieseventhough
Darwinhimself - alwayswiserthanhisfollowers - warned:"I use theterm
StruggleforExistencein a largeandmetaphorical senseincludingdepen-
denceofone beingon another."24
In chemistry andphysics,anthropomorphic metaphors are common-
place, such as when we say that elements are"attracted" to each other(not
to mention thatthey"like"each other),orwhenwe employconceptssuch
as "force"and "resistance."In modernbiology,ouranthropomorphizing
inclination is reflected inmetaphors, suchas the"selfishgene,"andtheidea
thatorganisms"adapt"to theirenvironment. Unfortunately, in ourminds
metaphors tend to in
grow significance until we forget theyaremere
that
analogies. If our genes are selfishmust not we be selfish,too?Andiforgan-
ismsadapt,does notthismakeadaptationa goal of life?In reality, genes
lack a self,hencecannotbe selfish,and adaptationis a passiveprocess
resulting fromtheelimination ofmaladaptive forms.
Anthropomorphic are
metaphors attempts to makesenseoftheworld
aroundus: without reference tohumanexperience, as MaryMidgleyputit,
thereis no humanunderstanding.25 The urgeto give nonhuman realitya
humanface startsearly,whenchildrenprojectneedsand desireson dolls
andotherinanimate objects.Thisurgeis strongenoughto be exploitedfor
commercialpurposeswithobjects,such as pet rocks,chia pets, and
Tamagotchi, thatdo notevenremotely resembletheusualrecipients oflove
andcare.26 Careforimaginary pets and infants is not limited to our species:
ithas also beendescribed forchimpanzees. Wrangham, an experienced field
primatologist, observed a six-year-old juvenile, Kakama, carryingand
cradling a small wooden log as if it were a newborn. Kakama did so for
hourson end,onetimeevenbuildinga nestandputting thelog intoiton its
own. Kakama's motherwas pregnant at thetime.The investigator com-
ments:"My intuition a
suggested possibility that I was reluctant, as a pro-
fessionalskepticalscientist, to accepton thebasis ofa singleobservation:
thatI hadjustwatcheda youngmalechimpanzee inventandthenplaywith
a dollinpossibleanticipation ofhismother givingbirth."27
In pretense play, two realities are held concurrently in mind:thelog is
botha newbornin needofcareanda merepiece ofwoodto be abandoned
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notgoingto eat itas itwouldprey.The distinction betweenthesubstitute
andtherealthingrestson a cognitive operation thatmaybe crucialinrela-
tionto anthropomorphism. When grapplingwithcomplexrealities,we
adoptanthropomorphic labelsbecauseourmindmosteasilyarrangesthe
worldin thoseterms.But we do notabandonall criticaldistance:we can
call a dog"jealous"without necessarily assuming thatthefeelingsinvolved
arethesameas whenwe arejealous.28We areperfectly capableofdrawing
parallelswithourown experiencewithoutdenyingpossibledifferences.
Like themetaphor in science,anthropomorphism oftenpretend-plays with
theidea ofsimilitude. Unfortunately, thisplayfulelementof anthropomor-
phismis generally missedbyitscritics.
In a recentassaulton the"delusions"of anthropomorphism in the
behavioral sciences,Kennedytreatsbehaviorism andanthropomorphism as
antithetical.In theprefacetohisbook,theauthorconfidently claimsvictory
forthebehaviorists: "Once a liveissue,a buttforbehaviourists, it [anthro-
pomorphism] nowgetslittlemorethanan occasionalwordofconsensual
disapproval(and exceptionally, a spiriteddefence)."In almostthesame
breath, however, Kennedyinforms us that"anthropomorphic thinking about
animalbehaviour is builtintous. We couldnotabandonitevenifwe wished
to.Besides,we do notwishto."29On theone hand,then,theauthoradmits
thatanthropomorphism is partandparcelofthewaythehumanmindworks.
On theotherhand,he claimsthatwe have all butwonthebattleagainstit.
Did we reallyavoidtheinevitable, oris thisa behaviorist delusion?
In fact,theanthropomorphism of students ofanimalbehavioris rarely
a straightforward projection ofhumanexperienceontotheanimal.Rather
thanbeinganthropomorphistic froma narrowly humanperspective, etholo-
gistsmostlyinterpret behavior within the wider context of species'habits
andnatural history.
They thus avoid uninformed interpretations,suchas that
a grinning rhesusmonkeymustbe delighted, orthata chimpanzee running
towardanotherwithloud gruntsmustbe in an aggressivemood.Anyone
whohas watchedtheseanimalsfortheamountoftimethatprimatologists
typically devoteto theirworkknowsthatrhesusmonkeysbaretheirteeth
whenintimidated, and thatchimpanzeesoftengruntwhentheymeetand
embrace.In otherwords,a grinning rhesusmonkeysignalssubmission, and
grunting a
by chimpanzeeusually serves as a greeting.Hence, the careful
observermayarriveat insightsthatare at odds withextrapolations from
humanbehavior.
WhenSofie,a six-month-old kitten, bouncestowardme sideways,with
wideeyes,archedback,andfluffy tail,I recognizethisas playful bluff. This
judgment is notbased on me knowinganypeople who act this I
way. just
knowhowSofie'sbehaviorfitswithall theotherthingscatsdo. Or,whenan
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monkey, sheis speakingfortheanimal,notforherself. Suchanimalcentric
anthropomorphism mustbe sharplydistinguished fromanthropocentric
anthropomorphism.30
Notall animalslendthemselves equallytotheanimalcentric approach,
however.How to identify withan animalsuchas, say,thestarnosed mole,
withtwenty-two pink,writhing tentaclesarounditsnostrils? Able to feel
microscopic textures on smallobjectsin themud,thismolemusthavethe
keenestsenseoftouchof anyanimalon earth.The problemofsharingthe
experiences oforganisms thatrelyon different senseswas expressedmost
famously inNagel'squestion"Whatis itliketobe a bat?"31 A batperceives
itsworldin pulsesofreflected sound,something mostofus, creatures of
vision,havea hardtimeimagining. Nagel's answerto hisownquestion -
thatwe willneverknow- mayhavebeenoverlypessimistic. Some blind
personsmanageto avoidcollisionswithobjectsbymeansofa crudeform
ofecholocation.32
Similarly, Sacks describesa medicalstudenton amphetamine highs
who wentthrough a periodof severalweeksin whichhis worldbecame
incrediblyrichin smells.He saidhe couldsmellhumanemotions (fear,con-
tentment, sexuality),andrecognizeeverystreet, everyshopby smell.He
couldolfactorily distinguish people:"I wentintotheclinic,I sniffed likea
dog,and in thatsniffrecognized,beforeseeingthem,thetwenty patients
whowerethere.Each hadhisownolfactory physiognomy, a smell-face,far
morevividandevocative,moreredolent, thananysightface."33 Of course,
thisyoungmandid notsuddenlydevelopa betternose: thechangedper-
ceptionwas duetothedisinhibition ofa sensethatis normally pushedtothe
backgroundby other senses. In the same work, Sacks also describesa
who
patient entirely losthis smell in order to make the point a senseto
that
whichwe rarelygivea secondthought is extremely important in"coloring"
everything around us.
We orientourselvesin theenvironment throughsensoryinputthat
muchofthetimefailstoenterourconsciousness. We maybe awareofsome
visualandauditory stimuli, butmoststimuliaffect us without ourknowing.
We realizetheirimportance only when they either fullydisappearor are
selectivelyintensified.We do, to some degree, share theworldsofbatsand
but
dogs, mostly in the background of our sensoryexperience.
The goal tounderstand animalsfromtheinside-out maybe considered
naive;itcertainly is notanthropocentric. Thisgoal,reflected in thetitleof
Cheney and Seyfarth's How Monkeys See theWorld , may fairlywide-
be
spreadamongethologists.34 The mere projection ofhuman experiences onto
animalsis obviouslytobe avoidedin suchan endeavor.Ideally,we under-
standanimalsbasedon whatwe knowabouttheirUmwelt - a Germanterm
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In the same way thatparentslearnto see throughchildren'seyes, the
empathieethologist learnswhatis important to his or heranimals,what
frightens them, under which circumstances they feelatease, andso on.
Numerousfurther illustrationsof animalcentric anthropomorphism
couldbe given,butletmeendwithonethatrecently reachedthebest-seller
lists.In TheMan WhoListenstoHorses,Roberts freelyemploys whatappears
hopelesslyanthropomorphic language to describe his animals' reactions.
Whenthehorsesmakelickingandchewingmovements, forexample,they
aresaidtobe negotiating withtheirtrainer: "I ama herbivore; I am a grazer,
andI'm makingthiseatingactionwithmymouthnowbecauseI'm consid-
eringwhether ornotto trustyou.Help me outwiththatdecision,can you,
please?"36 Ratherthanattributing humantendencies tohisanimals,however,
Roberts'sinterpretations arefromtheanimal'sperspective. His extraordi-
nary success as trainer restson the factthathe treats
the horseas a flight
ani-
malinneedoftrusting relations.A horsehas a fear-based psychology totally
different fromthatofa predator. "The horse,then,sitsat thefarendofthe
flight animalspectrum, whilehumankind, thesupremefightanimal,is his
clearopposite."37
Is it reallyanthropomorphic to look at theworldfromtheanimal's
viewpoint,taking its Umwelt , intelligence,and naturaltendenciesinto
account?If thedefinition of anthropomorphism is, as Asquithsays,"the
ascription of human mental experiences to animals,"38 Robertsis, strictly
speaking, anthropomorphizing:explicitlypostulatesmajordiffer-
not he
encesin thepsychological makeupofhorsesandpeople.Whereashe does
put human words in the horse's mouth, thisseemsdoneforthesakeofcom-
munication withhisreaders, notbecauseofanyconfusion betweenthetwo
species.

TABLE2
CANBEAPPLIED
ANTHROPOMORPHISM TOANIMAL
BEHAVIOR
FROMTWO
CONTRASTING
PERSPECTIVES

Perspective Informed
by Anthropomorphic

Anthropocentric Human introspection: Content


andlanguage
"Howwould I think/feel
inthis
situation?"

Animalcentric Theanimal's Language


sensoryUmwelt
andspecies-typical
behavior:
"What isit
liketobea bat?"

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HEURISTIC ANTHROPOMORPHISM

Ethologists favordescriptive labelsfortheirso-called"ethograms" inwhich


theysummarizespecies-typical behavior.This way,theydo notneed to
committhemselves to a functional interpretation beforestarting theactual
datacollection. Theythuskeeptheirhandsfree,so to speak,tointerpret the
behaviorin multipleways.In addition, manyanimalspeciessharesimilar
behaviorpatterns butwitha slightly changedmeaning.An interpretation
thatworkedforthedisplayinone speciesmaynotworkforthehomologous
displayin another, especiallyifthespeciesareonlydistantly related.39
A goodexampleis thefacialdisplayin whichprimates baretheirteeth
andgumsthrough lip-retraction. Thisexpression is sometimes describedas
the"feargrimace"or "feargrin."Thereis indeeda strongfearcomponent
(expressedin flight tendency) detectablein mostOld Worldmonkeys, but
evenin thesespeciesthedisplayis considered to possessappeasingquali-
ties,and flightresponsesare by no meansalwaysobservable.40 In great
apes, such as chimpanzees and bonobos, itis not unusual for thedisplayto
occurin friendly and sexual contexts,duringapproachratherthanwith-
drawal,andinhigh-ranking individuals whohavelittletofear.41 In humans,
the
finally, display evolved into the smile,with itslargely affectionate mean-
ing.42For the same reason that we would not want to call thehuman smile
a "feargrimace,"we do notwantto call thehomologousexpression in the
rhesusmonkeya "smile."The chimpanzee's expression fallssomewhere in-
between,andthebonobo'sseemscloserto ours.Obviously, a neutrallabel
suchas "bared-teeth face"facilitates a discussionof theevolutionofthis
facialdisplay.
Adoptionofdescriptive labelsandclear-cut definitions forthepurpose
ofdatacollection ensuresresearch replicability. higher levelofanal-
The the
ysis,however, themore difficult a purelydescriptive attitude is maintained.
Here,we organizestreamsofbehavioraccordingto social meaning(e.g.,
"friendly,""aggressive"), interaction type(e.g.,"A supports B"), andlong-
termrelationships (e.g.,"allies," "rivals").Because information is organized
withthehelpoftheoryandjudgment, thereis no reasontopretend, in the
language selected, that it is a mere extension of our descriptive activity.
Some systematizing takesplace alreadyatthelevelofperception, whichis
thereasonthatthehumanobservercannotbe replacedby an imaginary
apparatusdesignedto objectively recordposturesandmusclemovements.
Thehumanobserver is highlyselectiveandsensitive toboththecontext and
Gestaltofbehavior,whereastheapparatuswouldjustrecorda ridiculous
amountofdetail.Its outputwouldmakeno sense.As one ofmyteachers,
GerardBearends,once warned:underthemicroscope,an elephantand a
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A commonbehavioralcategorythatwould escape the mechanical
observer is play.Playis recognizedin a widevariety ofspeciesdespitethe
virtualimpossibility ofpinpointing itsdistinguishing features.43Itresembles
fighting,includesenergetic locomotion, andsometimes has sexualelements.
Yet,itis quitedistinct in meaningandconsequencefromseriousfighting,
merelocomotion, orsex.Coulditbe that,whenidentifying playas play,we
relyinparton oursensitivity tointent, andon ourabilitytoempathize with
theelementof"fun"thatis said to defybothdefinition andlogicalanaly-
sis?44Adopting a descriptiveterm,suchas "rearranged elements drawnfrom
othertypesof behavior"(partof a definition by Marlerand Hamilton)45
does nothelp.The problemwouldthenbe to decidewhichrearrangements
of behaviorto include,and whichto exclude.But remember, thecentral
issueis nottheconcreteness ofourdefinitions, oreventheroleofsubjective
judgement, butthereplicability ofbehavioral codification.Sincecompetent
observersare knownto reliablymake extremely complexjudgements,
BakemanandGottman considerita fallacytoequateobjectivity withphys-
icallybasedobservation schemes.46
Wordsconveythestructure thatwe imposeupontheworld.Insofaras
thestructuring is donesecondarily, afterdatahasbeencollectedwiththeaid
ofa well-defined ethogram, thisform ofanthropomorphism doesnotburden
theobserver withimpossible judgment calls.Forexample,"reconciliation"
is a label introduced by de Waal and van Roosmalenforaffiliative body
contactbetweenindividuals notlongafteran aggressiveconflictin which
theyopposedone another.47 The label's emotionalandcognitiveconnota-
tionsdo notprecludea straightforward behavioraldefinition. As Cords
observesaboutresearchon thistopicsinceitsdiscovery:"All determina-
tionsof thefrequency of reconciliation have in factbeen madeusingan
operational definitionof this behavior, despitethefunction impliedbyits
name."48
Thebestwaytolookatthiskindoflabelsis as heuristic devicesthatre-
orientour views and providenew frameworks forresearch.Burghardt
explainstheirpurpose:
WhatI amcallingforis a critical anthropomorphism, andpre-
dictiveinference thatencourages theuse ofdatafrom many
sources(priorexperiments, anecdotes, publications, one's
thoughts andfeelings, neuroscience, imagining beingtheani-
mal,naturalisticobservations. . . etc.).Buthowever eclecticin
theproduct
origin, mustbe aninference thatcanbe tested or,
canleadtopredictions
that,
failing supportablebypublicdata.49
The otherside to thisheuristiccoin is, of course,thatinterpretative
labelsareonlyas good as thehypotheses thattheygenerate. We shouldbe
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tradicted. Thusfar,thishasnotbeenthecase withthe"reconciliation" label.
Let me briefly reviewtheevidence,whichalso servesto illustrate how a
heuristic conceptcan be testedfromdifferent angles.
The firstaimofreconciliation researchhas beento comparetwoalter-
nativeexpectations concerning theeffect ofaggression on socialrelations.
The traditional notion,thataggression servesa spacingfunction, was based
on the experienceof earlyethologistswithterritorial species,and on
Hediger'sconcept of individual distance.50 It predicts decreased contact
betweenindividualsfollowingaggressiveconflict.The reconciliation
hypothesis, on theotherhand,predicts theexactopposite,namelythatindi-
vidualstryto undothedamageinflicted by aggressionon social relation-
ships. Here we expect (a) increased contact followingaggression, and (b)
theuse ofspecialreassuring andappeasinggestures during these contacts.
The reconciliation conceptis supported, therefore, ifindividuals con-
tact each othermorefrequently and withmorecalminggesturesafter
aggressionthanin theabsenceof precedingaggression.Studieson over
twenty differentspeciesofnonhuman primates support thisprediction.51 In
addition,thereconciliation is
hypothesis supportedby the fact that the
observedcontact-increase is selective(i.e.,doesnotindiscriminately involve
all possiblepartners butspecifically theformer opponent), and the proba-
bilityofrenewedaggression is reducedandtolerance is restored following
post-conflict contact.52
Strictlyspeaking,theseresultsstilldo notdemonstrate thespecific
function suggested by the "reconciliation" label, which is to repairdamaged
relationships. Otherevidenceexists,however.Eventhoughprimate species
varydramatically in conciliatory behaviorand generalconciliatory ten-
all
dency, species seem to follow one rule: reconciliation is most common
afterfights betweenpartners withclose socialties.53 Thisis consistent with
theidea thatreconciliation aims at restoring relationships. Experimental
support hasbeenproducedbyCordsandThurnheer,54 whotrained monkeys
tocooperate during feeding. Thisway,theexperimenters increased thevalue
ofthemonkeys'relationships. They confirmed a dramatic increase in rec-
onciliation afterconflict betweenpartners thathadcometodependon each
otherforfood-acquisition.55
In sum,eventhoughthereconciliation concept'sconnotations derive
fromhumansocialinteraction, theconcepthasprompted a freshlookatani-
mal aggressionand conflictresolutionby generating new and testable
The
hypotheses. ensuing research has undermined the traditional view in
biology that intraspecific aggression is constrained byinjury risks only.56
Social animalsseem to take social relationships intoaccount,whichis
understandable inasmuchas theirsurvivaldependson cooperationand
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The reconciliation conceptillustrates how anthropomorphism may
servescientificexploration, similarto the way in whichintuitionand
informed "hunches"function in all ofscience,frommathematics topaleon-
tology.I willspeakofheuristic anthropomorphism to denotethisscientific
use. Eventhoughheuristic anthropomorphism mayoccasionallybe anthro-
pocentric, mostofthetimeitwillbe animalcentric (fig.1). The categoryis
identicalto Burghardt's "criticalanthropomorphism,"58 and relatedto
Kennedy's"mockanthropomorphism":
Infactallstudents
ofwholeanimal behaviour
regularlypractise
such'mockanthropomorphism, ' whatananimal
byimagining
todo,orguessing
is 'trying' whatitwilldoonthebasisofwhat
wewouldthink itbestforittodo.Inthiswaywecanguessthe
functionofitsbehaviour.Thatis tosaywehabituallyanthropo-
morphize aboutanimalbehaviour, usingourownmental pro-
cesses as modelsto 'explain'thebehaviour in termsof
andagain,thisis veryuseful.59
intentions;
The criticalunaskedquestionhereis: Whyis anthropomorphism so
useful,andwhydoesitpredictbehaviorso well?Ifthemodelingofanimal
behavioron ourownexperiences is moresuccessful thanpredictions based
on existing formaltheories,60does notthisimplythattheanthropomorphic
modelingtoucheson organizational principlesthatareabsentfromcurrent
theories?As notedlongago byHebb:"The objectivecategorization missed
something in the behaviorof the chimpanzee thatthe ill-definedcategories
ofemotionandthelikedidnot- someorder,orrelationship betweeniso-
latedactsthatis essentialtocomprehension ofthebehavior."61
Kennedywarns,however,thateven if hypotheses derivedfromthis
kindofanthropomorphism arewell-supported by research thisbyno means
proves thatthe assumed intentions or motivations reallyexistin theani-
mal.62In thesame way,computer programmers debate theusefulnessof
anthropomorphism in human-machine interactions not because machines
shareourexperiences, butbecausewe finditeasiertodeal withmachinesin
humanterms. We developanthropomorphic hypotheses aboutthem,suchas
"mycomputer is confused" or"itrefuses to do thesethings." Thisis indeed,
to use Kennedy'swords,mockanthropomorphism: we realize thatit is
merelya matter ofspeaking.
Butis notthesituationwithregardsto animalsquitedifferent, espe-
ciallywithregardsto animalsclose enoughto us thatwe recognizeemo-
tionsintheirfacesandintentions intheiractions?If a chimpanzee, whosits
huddledin a cornerafterhavinglostherinfant, is said to look depressed,
thisis notjusta matter of speaking,a spuriousanthropomorphism, unless
one is convincedthatapes,likemachines,lack an emotionallife.Animals
aremadeoffleshandblood,havelimbicsystems, andsharethousands upon
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soonas we admitthatanimalsarenotautomatons, car-
anthropomorphism
thatthepostulated
riestheimplication aremorethanskin-deep.
similarities

WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE?

On August16, 1996,an ape saveda three-year-old boy.The child,whohad


fallensix metersintotheprimate exhibitat Chicago'sBrookfield Zoo, was
scooped up and carriedto safetyby BintiJua,an eight-year-old female
western lowlandgorilla.The gorillasatdownon a log in a stream, cradling
theboyin herlap,givinghima briefback-patbeforeshecontinued on her
way.Bintibecamea celebrity overnight,figuring inthespeechesofleading
politicianswhoheldherup as an exampleofmuch-needed compassion.
Some scientistscautioned,however,thatBinti'smotivesmighthave
beenless noblethanappeared,pointing outthatthisgorillahadbeenraised
bypeople,hadbeentaught parentalskillswitha stuffedanimal,andthatthe
wholeaffairmighthave been one of a confusedmaternalinstinct. Other
speculationsincludedthatBintimighthavebeentrainedto fetchobjects,
thatshemight haveactedthesamewitha sackofflour, orthatshepresented
thechildtothekeeperswiththesamepridewithwhicha housecatpresents
a deadmouseto thehomeowner.63
The intriguingthingaboutthisflurry of alternativeexplanations was
thatnobodywouldthinkofraisingsimilarissueswhena personsavesa dog
hitby a car.The rescuermighthavegrownup arounda kennel,havebeen
praisedforbeingkindto animals,yetwe wouldstillsee hisbehavioras an
actof caring.Whythen,in Binti'scase, was herbackground heldagainst
her?Clearly,no one hadpreparedherforthiskindofemergency. It seems
unlikelythatshe,withherown seventeen-month-old infanton herback,
couldhavemistaken a blondboyin sneakersanda redt-shirt fora juvenile
ofherownspecies.Actually, thebiggestsurprise was how surprised most
peoplewere.Students ofape behaviordidnotfeelthatBintihaddoneany-
thingunusual.JörgHess, a Swiss gorillaexpert,putitmostbluntlyin an
interview withSchuster:"The incidentcan be sensationalonlyforpeople
whodon'tknowa thingaboutgorillas."
Binti'sactionsmadea deepimpression mainlybecausetheybenefited
a memberofourownspecies.In myworkon theevolution ofmorality and
empathy, I haveencountered numerous instancesofanimalscaringforone
another. Forexample,zoo bonoboshavebeenknownto assistcompanions
newto theirquarters, takingthembythehandso as to guidethemthrough
themaze ofcorridors connecting partsoftheirbuilding.Forchimpanzees
we even have systematic data demonstrating thattheyconsole victims
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evidence,reviewedby de Waal and de Waal and Aureli,is in line with
Binti's assistancetotheunfortunate boy.In otherwords,we arenotdealing
withan isolatedincident, buthaveconvergent evidencewhichmakessym-
pathyin apes a seriouspossibility.64
An entire rangeofexplanations presents itself.Ourfirst taskis to elim-
inatetheonesthatareeithertoo simpleortoo complex.For example,the
above flour-sack explanation failsto tellus whyBintiso carefully trans-
portedtheboy onlyto leave himnearthekeeper'sdoor.65On theother
hand,we cannotassumethatBintihad an understanding of whatkindof
care theboy required.Once we have determined the cognitively least-
demanding explanation thatcannotbe rejectedas well as thecognitively
most-demanding explanation consistent withourgeneralknowledgeofthe
species,we findbetweentheseextremesa "workspace"withinwhich
hypotheses canbe compared. Thiscomparison cannotbe conclusively made
on thebasisofa singleincident, buttherecertainly is no a priorireasonto
restricttheworkspace to a fewsimpleexplanations (fig.2).
Exploration ofthefullworkspaceis oftendiscouragedby chargesof
anthropomorphism. Thisrepresents a misuseoftheterm:warnings against
overestimation ofanimalcapacitiesareunderstandable, butwhether ornot
explanations arephrasedin anthropomorphic languageis immaterial. All
thatmatters is thatwe knowwhatis meantandhowtheseexplanations may
be verified.Originally, thetermanthropomorphism referred toendowing the
godswithhumanformsandhabits,whichdoes represent a misdemeanor.
Therehas neverbeena compelling justification,however,forretention of
theterm'snegativeconnotation onceitwas adoptedfora different domain.
The geneticist Darbishiresaw thislack ofjustification as an underhanded
maneuver bythepowersopposinga cognitive perspective:
Butthosewhowereresponsible ... forapplying theword
anthropomorphic toanentirely different
thing- thegranting of
intelligence,
purpose, design,andhuman attributes tononhuman
animals, inorder tostigmatize a concession tothe4lowerani-
mals'which wasrepugnant tothem - weretheunconscious per-
petratorsofa successfulfraud.66 ^
Thus,whilewe shouldbe reluctant to postulatecapacitiesforwhich
thereis no evidenceanywhere in a species'behavior, chargesofanthropo-
are
morphism meaningless without a precisecritiqueof thehypotheses
underconsideration. In a Darwinianframework, thereis no goodreasonto
avoidconceptsmerely becausetheyderivefromthebehaviorofthespecies
to whichwe belong.Applicationof theseconceptsto animalsnot only
enrichestherangeofhypotheses to be considered, butitalso changesthe
viewofourselves:themorehuman-like we permitanimalsto becomethe
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anthropomorphism will hastenthe demiseof dualism,and- as argued
throughoutthispaper- ultimately
itis theattitude
towarddualismbetween
humansand animals,ratherthana concernwithscientific validity,that
underlies
thedebateaboutanthropomorphism.

CONCLUSION

Anthropomorphism comesin manyshapesand forms.It rangesfromthe


naiveprojection
ofhumanexperience ontootherspeciestoseriousattempts
to understand
animalson theirowntermsthroughintimate with
familiarity
theirbehavior
andUmwelt. Someforms ofanthropomorphism failtoprovide

FIG.2. Thelizardmodelofexplorable workspace. Fromtheentirerangeofimag-


inableexplanations
fora certainbehavior(thefulllengthofthelizard),
wefirst
eliminate
explanations thatareeither
overly simpleoroverlydemanding given
ourgeneralknowledge ofthespecies.Second,wecompare within
explanations
theremainingworkspace: thequestbeingforthebest,notthesimplest explana-
tion.Themodelshowsa lizard, becauseinthesamewaythattheseanimals can
their
regenerate tails,oneneedstoremain alertfornovellow-level
alternative
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usefulinformation or generateusefulhypotheses, butthefactthatwe are
animalsourselvesalso providesus withan immenseadvantage.The full
exploitationof thisadvantagerequiresa tolerant attitude
towardthebor-
rowingof humanconceptsto explainanimalbehavior.Afterall, with
respectto speciesclose to us themostparsimonious froman
explanation,
evolutionaryperspective,is thattheysharenumerous emotionalandcogni-
tiveprocesseswithus. Thus,anthropomorphism oughtto be a nonissuein
thecase of anthropoid apes. Butevenin thecase ofmoredistantspecies,
anthropomorphic explanations deserveseriousattention.
We shouldnever
acceptexplanations without butthereis nothingwrong
criticalreflection,
withwideningtheworkspaceof permissiblehypotheseswhileretaining
highstandards ofreplicability andscientific
scrutiny.

NOTES

I amgratefultoGerald Massey forstimulating metoputmythoughts onpaper, intro-


ducingmetoDavidHume's Treatise , anddirectingmetoliteratureonspecialhuman
abilities,
perceptual suchasfound inthewritings ofSacksandVermeij. Preparation of
thispaperwassupported bygrant RR-00165 fromtheNational ofHealth
Institutes tothe
YerkesRegional Primate Research Center.
1.Quoted inP.Brent, Charles Darwin: AManofEnlarged Curiosity(NewYork: Harper &
Row,1981), 409.
2. "TheProblem ofAnthropomorphism inScience andPhilosophy"wasthetitleofa meet-
ingoftheAthens-Pittsburgh Symposium intheHistory
andPhilosophy ofScience and
Technology,heldinMay1996, inDelphi, Greece.
3. G.G.Gallup andS. D. Suarez, "Overcoming OurResistance toAnimalResearch: Man
inComparative Perspective,"inComparing Behavior:
Studying ManStudying Animals,
ed.D.Rajecki (Hillsdale,N.J.:Erlbaum, 5-26;G.F.Michel,
1983), "Human Psychology
andtheMinds ofOther Animals," inCognitive : TheMinds
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ed.C.Ristau (Hillsdale,N.J.:Erlbaum, 1991),253-72.
4. See, forexample, E. CenamiSpada,"Amorphism, Mechanomorphism, and
Anthropomorphism," in Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, andAnimals, ed. R. W.
N.S.Thompson,
Mitchell, andH.L. Miles(Albany, N.Y.:SUNYPress, 1997),37^9.
5. J.Serpell,In theCompany ofAnimals: A StudyofHuman-Animal Relationships
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996).
6. N.Tinbergen, "OntheAims andMethods ofEthology,"
Zeitschrift
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7. J.E.R.Staddon, "Animal Psychology: TheTyranny ofAnthropocentrism,"Perspectives
inEthology 8 (1989):123-36.
8. W.Hodos andC.B.Campbell, "ScalaNaturae: Why There IsNoTheory inComparative
Psychology,"Psychological Review 76(1969):337-50. Forthesakeofargument, I am
thetwoperspectives
contrasting onanimal - ethology
behavior andcomparative psy-
chology- toa greater degreethan necessary.Theseapproaches havegrown considerably
closersinceHinde 's synthesis. SeeR.A. Hinde, Animal Behaviour: A Synthesis of
EthologyandComparative Psychology (NewYork: McGraw-Hill, 1966).Nevertheless,
itremainstrue thatsocialscientists,including psychologistsandanthropologists,are
trainedtolookatanimals as a means totheendofunderstanding human behavior,

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whereas inbiology theunderstanding ofhumans ispart ofa much larger endeavor to
understand nature.
9. See,for example, H.Kummer, V.Dasser, andP.Hoyningen-Huene, "Exploring Primate
SocialCognition: SomeCritical Remarks," Behaviour 112(1990):84-98. Atthe1989
InternationalEtiological Conference, HansKummer advocated parsimony intheexpla-
nationofprimate behavior inorder togetaway from "ouranthropomorphic first
choice"
ofoverly demanding cognitive hypotheses. Hecriticized theuseoffunctional asopposed
todescriptive labelsforbehavior (ibid.).Ina reply (F.B.M.deWaal, "Complementary
Methods andConvergent Evidence intheStudy ofPrimate SocialCognition," Behaviour
118[1991]: 297-320), I reminded ethologiststhat oneofthemore powerful metaphors
inourfield camefrom a hard-nosed experimentalist whoreferred toa special form of
insectlocomotion asTanzsprache, ordance language (K.vonFrisch, Tanzsprache und
Orientierung derBienen [Heidelberg: Springer, 1965]). Contrary tothesuggestion that
functionallanguage isa recent vice,ithasa venerable history. Functional terms such as
"appeasement," "warning call,""greeting," "courtship," andsoon,differ from more
recentfunctional labelsonly byourgreater familiaritywith them. SeeP.J.Asquith, "The
InevitabilityandUtility ofAnthropomorphism inDescription ofPrimate Behaviour," in
TheMeaning ofPrimate Signals, ed.R.Harré andV.Reynolds (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1984), 138-76.
Kummer andhisstudents havebeennoexception, introducing useful non-descrip-
tivelabels, suchas"notification" fora baboon's presentation ofhishindquarters, and
"respect ofpossession" fortheabsence ofcontest over a resource possessed bya subor-
dinate (H.Kummer, SocialOrganization ofHamadryas Baboons [Chicago: University
ofChicago Press, 1968]; H.SiggandJ.Falett, "Experiments onRespect ofPossession
inHamadryas Baboons (Papiohamadryas)" Animal Behaviour 33[1985]:978-84).
Harré analyzed a sample ofKummer' s writing todemonstrate ambiguity between the
respectable language ofcausalmechanisms (terms suchas "inhibit," "release,"and
"elicit")andcognitive language (terms suchas "decide," "assess,"and"unwilling")
(R.Harré, "Vocabularies andTheories," inTheMeaning ofPrimate Signals,ed.Harré
andReynolds, 90-106). Atthetime, Kummer responded tothischallenge with theplea
that "everyday language must remain available forwhat hasyetescaped satisfactory
explanation" (H.Kummer, Comment, inTheMeaning ofPrimate Signals,ed.Harré and
Reynolds, 107).
10.C.L. Morgan, AnIntroduction toComparative Psychology (London: Scott, 1894).
11.Thisconventional interpretation ofMorgan's canon isprobably incorrect.Taken aback
byone-sided appeals tohiscanon, Morgan later added a little-known rider:"Tothis,
however, itshould beadded, lesttherange oftheprinciple bemisunderstood, thatthe
canon bynomeans excludes theinterpretation ofa particular activity interms ofthe
higher processes ifwealready haveindependent evidence oftheoccurrences ofthese
higher processes intheanimal under observation" (C.L. Morgan, AnIntroduction to
Comparative Psychology, 2ded.[London: Scott, 1903], 59).
Sober takes thistomean thatMorgan waslesssupportive ofthebehaviorist position
than commonly assumed: "Ifmethodological behaviorism istheviewthat human behav-
iorshould beexplained without appealing toinner mental states,eventhough weknow
that human beings infact occupy such states,then therider thatMorgan appended entails
thatthecanoncannot be usedtojustify methodological behaviorism" (E. Sober,
"Morgan's Canon," inTheEvolution ofMind, ed.andD. D. Cummins andC.Allen
[Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998], 224-42;quotation on240).Soberfurther
arguesthat Morgan didnotsee"lower" capacitiesasnecessarily providing simpleexpla-
nations,thesimplest viewbeing continuity andsimilarity between animals andhumans.
Cognitive parsimony didnotseem hisprincipal aim, therefore, andheshowed sensitiv-
itytothedanger ofanthropodenial.
Thegreat flaw inMorgan's approach remains hislinear, hierarchicalviewoftherela-
tionsamong species andtheir capacities rather than thecladistic perspective ofmodern
biology.Nevertheless, hisrider encourages ustoconsider a widearray ofhypotheses in

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caseofthementally more advanced species asdiscussed byG.M.Burghardt, "Animal
Awareness: Current Perceptions andHistorical Perspective," American Psychologist 40
(1985):905-19;D. Radner andM. Radner, Animal Consciousness (Buffalo, N.Y.:
Prometheus, 1989); anddeWaal, "Complementary Methods."
12.H.Lehman, "Anthropomorphism andScientific Evidence forAnimal Mental States,"in
Anthropomorphism , Anecdotes, andAnimals, ed.Mitchell, Thompson, andMiles,
104-15; F.B.M.deWaal, "Are WeinAnthropodenial?" Discover 18(7)(1997): 50-53.
13.DeWaal, "Complementary Methods," 298.
14.Inbiology, thisisknown asthehomology argument. Cross-specific inbehav-
similarities
iorareeither analogies (independently derived) orhomologies (derived through shared
phylogeny). Ofcourse, a third
possibility isthat behavioral areindependently
similarities
learned (ratherthan being genetically determined). Thedefault assumption usedtobe
that similaritiesbetween disparate animal orders represent mere analogies, butthis
assumption needs tobereconsidered given what weknow nowabout thegenetics of
anatomical features.There existsgrowing evidence thatwidespread anatomical traitsin
theanimal kingdom, suchaslegsandeyes, share thesamegenetic basisdespite major
structuraldifferences, suchasthecomposite insect eyeversus thesingle-pupil eyeof
mollusks andvertebrates. Apparently, thegenetic unityamong animals ismuch greater
than usedtobeassumed, andhomology may betherule ratherthan theexception.
15.D. Hume, ATreatise ofHuman Nature (1739;reprint, Harmondsworth, Eng.:Penguin,
1985), 226.
16.See,for example, J.B.Watson, Behaviorism (Chicago:University ofChicago Press, 1930).
17.Hume, TreatiseofHuman Nature, 226.Strictly speaking,onecannot boast a unifiedthe-
oryofallbehavior, human andanimal, while atthesametime decrying anthropomor-
phism. After all,anthropomorphism assumes similarexperiences inhumans andanimals,
which isexactly what onewould expect iftheunderlying behavioral processes aresimi-
lar.Thebehaviorists' strong opposition toanthropomorphism probably cameabout
because nosaneperson would take seriously theirclaimthat internalmental operations in
ourspecies area figment oftheimagination. Thisleftanimal behavior astheonly areain
which protestagainst cognitive assumptions remained effective.Iftrue, thebehaviorists'
focus onanthropomorphism represents a retreat from anearlier,more radical position.
18.S. J.Vicchio, "From Aristotle toDescartes: Making Animals Anthropomorphic," in
Animal Intelligence: Insights intotheAnimal Mind, ed.R.J.HoageandL. Goldman
(Washington, D.C.:Smithsonian Institution Press,1986), 187-207.
19.Chimpanzee Politics wasoneofthefirst accounts ofprimate behavior refusing tomake
excuses foranthropomorphism, saying: "These termsreflectmysubjective impressions
oftheapes.Itisanthropomorphism initspurest form" (F.B.M.deWaal, Chimpanzee
Politics [Baltimore, Md.:Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982], 54).
20.Thisattitude wasexploited fordecades intheso-called "teaparties" atzoos,inwhich
apeswere dressed upinhuman clothes andshown around
sitting a table,smoking cigars,
andsipping from cups. Nationally famous representativesofthis genre were JoMendi,
a chimpanzee, whoperformed inthe1930s attheDetroit Zoo,andPetermann, a chim-
panzee inthe1980s attheCologne Zoo.Both apeshadhuge followings. JoMendi once
drew a crowd twice aslarge asthepresidential candidate (Franklin D. Roosevelt) visit-
ingthecity, anissueexploited byFDR'sopponents. Petermann wasshot bythepolice
after heseverely mauled thezoodirector, anevent that temporarily turned himintoa
martyr fortheanarchist movement.
Undignified circuslike actshavenowdisappeared from major zoos.Concurrently,
public reactions havechanged from amusement about the"antics" ofapestoa more
empathie response. Thisshift inattitude isalsoreflected inmodern ethics movements
(e.g.,P.Cavalieri andP.Singer, TheGreat ApeProject: Equality Beyond Humanity
[London: Fourth Estate, 1993]) andpopular works offiction(e.g.,P.H0eg, TheWoman
andtheApe[Harmondsworth, Eng.:Penguin, 1996];R.Cook,Chromosome 6 (New
York: Putnam, 1997]).

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21.Marshall Thomas, TheHidden LifeofDogs(Boston: Houghton Mifflin),6,56.
22.Atypical example istheanimated movie, TheLionKing:"Thecharacters . . . exhibit
behaviors thatareuncharacteristic oftheanimals theyportray. Theinterspecific rela-
tionshipsinthefilm alone justify theconclusion that realisticinteractionsbetween ani-
malsarenottaking place. From thescript ofthefilm, transcribed byBrian Tiemann, the
characterTimon, a meerkat, admits asmuch when hesays, 'We're talking about a lion.
Lionseatguys likeus.*Inspite oftheobvious truth ofthis statement, thelionprotago-
nist,Simba, develops a rather unnatural symbiotic friendship with Timon andhis
warthog companion, Pumbaa. Later inthefilm, asdepicted inTiemann's script, wesee
Timon, Pumbaa andSimba, lying ontheir backs, looking atthestars. Itwould appear
thatSimba hassomehow forgotten that heisa lion"(S.Key worth, Anthropomorphism
inTheLionKing ,www.gate.net/~bneufeld/lionking.html [1996]).
23.P.Shepard, TheOthers: HowAnimals MadeUsHuman (Washington, D.C.:Shearwater,
1996), 88.
24.C.Darwin, OntheOrigin ofSpecies byMeans ofNatural Selection orthePreservation
ofFavoured RacesintheStruggle forLife(1859;reprint, London: John Murray, 1967),
62.
25.M.Midgley, BeastandMan:TheRoots ofHuman Nature (Hassocks, Sussex: Harvester,
1978).
26.Inthe1975Christmas season, millions ofAmericans spent fivedollarseachtopurchase
ordinaryrocks aspets. Therocks were soldinboxes withairholes andcame with a man-
ualexplaining howtotrain therock torollover, toplaydead, andtoprotect itsowner.
Tamagotchi isa popular Japanese electronicgadget thatmimics a chick.Iteats, sleeps,
defecates, getscranky, andbeepsforattention. Iftheowner doesnottakecareofit,
Tamagotchi dies.
27.R.A.Wrangham andD. Peterson, Demonic Males : ApesandtheOrigins ofHuman
Violence (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996),254.Playing with "dolls"isnotunusual in
nonhuman primates. In captivity, I haveseenyoung chimpanzees actthesameas
Kakama withpieces ofcloth, andoncewith a handbroom. Awildmountain gorilla was
seentopullupa massofsoft moss, which shecarried andheldfor many minutes likean
infantunder herchest, cuddling and"nursing" it(R.W.Byrne, TheThinking Ape:
Evolutionary Origins ofIntelligence [Oxford: Oxford University Press,1995]). Amon-
keyexample comes from Breuggeman, whosawa juvenile rhesus monkey follow her
mother while shecarried a newborn. Thedaughter picked upa pieceofcoconut shell,
carrying itventrally inexactly thesamemanner that hermother heldhernewbrother.
SeeJ.A. Breuggeman, "Parental Careina Group ofFree-ranging Rhesus Monkeys
(Macacamulatta ),"Foliaprimatologica 20(1973):178-210.
28.After a separation, elephants greet eachother with much spinning around, urinating,
earflapping,entwining oftrunks, clicking oftusks, anda chorus ofrumbles andpiercing
trumpets. Mossperceives thisasa joyful event,butinserts thefollowing qualification:
"Itmay notbesimilar tohuman joyorevencomparable, butitiselephantine joyandit
playsa very important part intheir whole socialsystem" (C.Moss, Elephant Memories:
Thirteen Years intheLifeofanElephant Family [New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1988],
125).
29.J.S. Kennedy, TheNewAnthropomorphism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1992),5.
30.Adistinction similar totheoneproposed herebetween anthropocentric andanimalcen-
tricanthropomorphism ismade inthefield ofhuman empathy. Batson etal.investigated
response patterns associated with twokinds ofempathy: onebasedonimagining how
onewould feelintheother person's theother
situation, basedonimagining howthe
otherfeels.SeeC.D. Batson, S.Early, andG.Salvarani, "Perspective Taking: Imagining
HowAnother Feelsversus Imagining HowYouWould Feel,"Personality andSocial
Psychology Bulletin 23(1990):751-58.
31.T.Nagel,What IsItLiketoBea Bat?Philosophical Review 83(1974): 435-50.

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32.Vermeij,a blind writes:
biologist, "IfI haddifficultyadjusting toblindness, thememory
hasfaded.Almost immediately ... I discovered thevalue ofechoes for mewhere
telling
I was.Sounds bouncing offobstructions provided cuestothesizeoftheroom, theposi-
tionofa tree, thespeed ofa car,thepresence ofa person, whether a doorwasopenor
closed,andmuch more.Itwasn't that theremaining senses became more acutenowthat
I wasblind; I simply relied
more onthem. Theinformation they conveyed nowmeant
something, whereas previouslyI could afford toignore it"(G.Vermeij, "TheTouch ofa
Discover
Shell," 17[8][1996]: 80).Further, seeK.A.Atkins, "ABatwithout Qualities?"
inReadings inAnimal Cognition, ed.M.Bekoff andD. Jamieson (Cambridge, Mass.:
MITPress, 1996), 345-58,for reflectionsonthelimitations ofNagel's question.
33.O.Sacks, TheManWho Mistook HisWife fora Hat(London: Picador, 1985),150.
34.D. L. Cheney andR.M.Seyfarth, HowMonkeys SeetheWorld : InsidetheMindof
Another Species (Chicago:University ofChicago Press, 1990);H.A.Herzog andS.
Galvin,"Common SenseandtheMental LivesofAnimals: AnEmpirical Approach," in
Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, andAnimals, ed.Mitchell, Thompson, andMiles,
237-53.
35.J.vonUexküll, Umwelt undInnenwelt derTiere (Berlin:Jena, 1909).
36.M.Roberts, TheManWho Listens toHorses (NewYork: Random House, 1997), 31.In
theideathat
fact, thehorse's chewing movements refertograzing isnotfarremoved
from theethological concept ofritualization. Evolution hasturned many aninstrumen-
talact(e.g.,preening, feeding) intoa communication signalthrough exaggeration and
increasedstereotypy. SeeD. McFarland, TheOxford Companion toAnimal Behaviour
(Oxford:Oxford UniversityPress), 1987), 483-85.
37.Roberts,TheManWho ListenstoHorses, 10.
38.Asquith,"TheInevitability andUtility," 138.
39.Note thatthis isthemirrorimage oftheevolutionary parsimony argument made earlier.
Themore distant twospecies areinthephylogenetic tree,thelesslikely itisthat mor-
phologically similarbehavioriscausally andfunctionally equivalent.
40.S.A.Altmann, "AFieldStudy oftheSociobiology ofRhesus Monkeys, Annals ofthe
NewYork Academy ofSciences 102(1962):338-435; J.A.R.A. M.vanHooff, "A
Comparative Approach tothePhylogeny ofLaughter andSmiling," inNon-verbal
Communication, ed.R.Hinde (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972), 209-41;
F.B. M.deWaalandL. M.Luttrell, "TheFormal Hierarchy ofRhesus Macaques: An
Investigation oftheBared-Teeth Display,"American Journal ofPrimatology 9 (1985):
73-85.
41.F.B.M.deWaal, "TheCommunicative Repertoire ofCaptive Bonobos (Panpaniscus),
Compared toThat ofChimpanzees," Behaviour 106(1988):183-251.
42.VanHooff, "AComparative Approach."
43.R.Fagen, Animal PlayBehavior (NewYork: Oxford University Press, 1981).
44.J.Huizinga, Homo Ludens:AStudy ofthePlayElement inHuman Culture (Boston:
Beacon, 1950).
45.P.Marler andW.J.Hamilton, Mechanisms ofAnimal Behavior (NewYork: Wiley, 1966).
46.R.Bakeman andJ.M.Gottman, Observing Interaction:An Introduction toSequential
Analysis(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1986).
47.F. B. M. deWaalandA. vanRoosmalen, "Reconciliation andConsolation among
Chimpanzees," BehavioralEcology & Sociobiology 5 (1979):55-66.
48.M. Cords andS. Thurnheer, "Reconciliation with Valuable Partners byLong-tailed
Macaques," Ethology 93(1993):256.
49.Burghardt, "Animal Awareness," 917.
50.H. Hediger, "Biologische Gesetzmäßigkeiten imVerhalten vonWirbeltieren," Mitt.
Naturforsch. GesellschaftBern(1940):37-55.
51.F.B.M.deWaal, "Reconciliationamong Primates: AReview ofEmpirical Evidence and

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Unresolved Issues," inPrimate SocialConflict, ed.W.A.Mason, andS. P.Mendoza
(Albany, N.Y.:SUNYPress, 1993), 111^4.
52.F.Aureli andC. P.vanSchaik, "Post-Conflict Behaviour inLong-tailed Macaques
(Macaca fascicularis): I. Thesocialevents," Ethology 89(1991):89-100; M.Cords,
"Post-Conflict Reunions andReconciliation in Long-tailed Macaques," Animal
Behaviour 44(1992):57-61.
53.See,forexample, P. M. Kappeler andC. P. vanSchaik, "Methodological and
Evolutionary Aspects ofReconciliation among Primates,"Ethology 92(1992):51-69.
54.Cords andThurnheer, "Reconciliation withValuable Partners."
55.Silkquestions whether reconciliation functionsattherelationship level:sheproposes that
post-conflict reunions serve short-term functionsonly(J.B. Silk,"Why Do Primates
Reconcile?" Evolutionary Anthropology 5 [1996]:39-42).Thishypothesis failsto
account,however, fortheelevated rates ofreconciliationamong individualswith close
ties.Italsofailstoexplain
affiliative Cords andThurnheer's experimental results that
werepredicted by therelationship-repair hypothesis (Cordsand Thurnheer,
"Reconciliation with Valuable Partners"). Asnoted byCords andAureli, short-term
effectsbynomeans exclude long-term andSilk'shypothesis
effects, maynotbea true
alternative,therefore (M.Cords andF.Aureli, "Reasons forReconciling," Evolutionary
Anthropology 5 [1996]: 42-45).
56.Forthetraditional view, seeJ.Maynard Smith andG.Price, "TheLogicofAnimal
Conflict,"Nature 246(1973): 15-18.
57.F.B.M.deWaal, "Dominance Style andPrimate SocialOrganization," inComparative
Socioecology: TheBehavioural Ecology ofHumans andOther Mammals, ed.V.Standen
andR.Foley (Oxford: Blackwell, 1989), 243-64.
58.Burghardt, "Animal Awareness."
59.Kennedy, NewAnthropomorphism, 89.
60."[Anthropomorphism works: attributingmotives andstrategies isoften thebest wayfor
anobserver topredict what anindividual islikelytodonext" (Cheney andSeyfarth,
HowMonkeys SeetheWorld, 303).
61.D. O. Hebb, "Emotion inManandAnimal: AnAnalysis oftheIntuitive Processes of
Recognition," Psychological Review 53(1946):88.
62.Kennedy, NewAnthropomorphism.
63.SeeB. Azar, "Binti's Efforts toSaveBoyMayBe PartofHerBiology, American
Psychological Association Monitor (Nov.1996); K.Davidson, "ScientistDebate Animal
Motives," SanFrancisco Examiner, Aug.28,1996.
64.F.B.M.deWaal, GoodNatured : TheOrigins ofRight andWrong inHumans andOther
Animals (Cambridge, Mass.:Harvard UniversityPress, 1996);deWaal, Bonobo : The
Forgotten Ape(Berkeley: University ofCalifornia Press,1997);deWaalandF.Aureli,
"Consolation, Reconciliation, anda Possible Cognitive Difference between Macaque and
Chimpanzee," inReaching intoThought: TheMinds oftheGreat Apes, ed.A.E.Russon,
K.A.Bard, andS.T.Parker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1996), 80-110.
InBonobo, deWaalrelates a striking instanceofanimalcentric perspective-taking ina
bonobo: "Betty Walsh, a seasoned animal caretaker, observed thefollowing incident
between a seven-year-old female bonobo, named Kuni, anda bird. Basedonherfamil-
with
iarity feathered flying objects, Kuniseemed torealize what kind ofassistance the
birdneeded. Theincident occurred atTwycross Zoo,inEngland.
"Oneday, Kunicaptured a starling.Outoffear thatshemight molest thestunned
which
bird, appeared undamaged, thekeeper urgedtheapetoletitgo.Perhaps because
ofthisencouragement, Kunitook thebird outside andgently setitonto itsfeet,theright
wayup,where itstayed looking When
petrified. itdidn'tmove, shethrew ita little,but
itjustfluttered.Notsatisfied, Kunipicked upthestarling with onehand andclimbed to
thehighest point ofthehighest tree where shewrapped herlegsaround thetrunk sothat
shehadboth hands free tohold thebird. Shethen carefullyunfolded itswingsandspread

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themwideopen, onewing ineachhand, beforethrowing thebirdas hardshecould
towardsthebarrier
oftheenclosure.
Unfortunately,itfellshort andlanded onto
thebank
ofthemoat where Kuniguardeditfora longtimeagainst a curious Bytheend
juvenile.
oftheday, thebirdwasgonewithout a traceorfeather. Itisassumed recovered
that,
fromitsshock,ithadflownaway" (156).
65.Ona videotape (andinStern
oftheincident ofSept.5,1996)onecanseeBinti sitdown
ona logina stream
upright whilecorrectly theunconscious
positioning boy,
cradling
himinherlap.Italmost seems asifsheistrying toputhimonhisfeet. Afterthisshe
giveshima brief,reassuring
back-pat beforecontinuing onherway.TheBrookfield
gorillas
mightnothavereacted thesametoanadult person (i.e.,theyprobably
recog-
nizedtheboyasa youngster),andthey would
certainly nothavereacted this
waytoa
sackofflour.
They wouldprobablyhavebeenafraid ofthesackatfirst, butthenhave
openedit,causinga mess(JayPeterson, curator
attheBrookfield com-
Zoo,personal
munication).
66.QuotedinRadner andRadner,Animal Consciousness, 140.

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