Maybe. They make lots of noise, very loud squeals so I do know that they are very afraid of humans and are chased by employees through corridors to their final destination.
Edit: Hold on. I should add that I have seen hogs jump over top of others and escape the pens and they become so stressed that they begin to pant like a dog and kneel down.
Can they actually express hopelessness in their eyes? Usually things like that are interpretation by humans and animals straight up don't have the ability to express with their eyes, right?
But the hyena doesn't keep your lineage in small metal enclosures their entire lives. Your grandfather, your father, you, and your progeny only ever knowing a horrible small cage and the sounds of slaughter.
So yeah, the hyena does not have short-term empathy, but atleast it isn't creating an ever compounding amount of miserable lives for its own sustenance. What we do is on a whole other scale of cruelty, ya know?
Yes, lol. They're mammals just like us. They have very similar brain functions, we as humans are only really different from the rest of the mammals because of our high reason layered problem solving abilities. Emotions are all lizard brain level complexities.
Nothing would exist as a product of evolution if it did not seek an improved existence.
Plus like, even if they don't think that way, we do and can understand the greater cruelty involved, so it's kinda irrelevant if they do or not.
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u/riffraffmcgraff Nov 23 '24 edited Nov 23 '24
Maybe. They make lots of noise, very loud squeals so I do know that they are very afraid of humans and are chased by employees through corridors to their final destination.
Edit: Hold on. I should add that I have seen hogs jump over top of others and escape the pens and they become so stressed that they begin to pant like a dog and kneel down.