Whats the ' one thing' that makes us diffrent from animals?

hmm.. good point.
I gotta chew on this one,
Ill reply tomorrow.
:-)
g'night

Yeah, right. Bees can talk.

I used to think Cav was a pretty sharp guy.

Talking bees. Give me a friggin' break.

They talk through dancing.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/dances.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_learning_and_communication


http://www.beesource.com/pov/wenner/mankind1991.htm

http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/inf7.html

Though I note there is some controversy about aspects of this now.

ARE yellow jackets bees?

A yellow jacket is a wasp.

That's what I thought.

Do they ever change their jackets?

one thing . . .well i think its a lot of things, but the biggest one thing is a toss up between - searching and comprehending why and how things happen or understanding that the universe is bigger than any one individual of group, although there are some himans who dont get this so i will go with the first one.

Yes, yellow jackets are wasps, I was exptrapolating from bees. They are both social insects. Now this was a good read: http://www.interspecies.com/pages/yeljack.html

OK go with me here.
SARAN WRAP

see , we are the only species that wraps up its leftovers

Cav, I doubt that a bee or an ant has much of a conciousness as an individual. They are so much a part of the whole community that a single individual simply doesn't matter in their scheme of things. Everyone knows their place and role and fulfills it admirably. Not so with humans who pride themselves on individual uniqueness. T.H. White, in The Sword in the Stone and, again, in The Book of Merlyn has a lot to say about the stultfying regimentation of ant society.

Good point, Farmerman.

What about spiders? They use silk, not kitchenwrap, but they package up meals for later, don't they?

ya got me there timber. Therefore, I cannot think of anything that differentiates us from animals. Saran Wrap was all I had.

I'm still going with "a sense of humor" (see previous posts for more detail), which means that Gus and Slappy are my primary evidence for our differentiation from animals... a state of affairs which should leave the door open for all kinds of trouble

Merry said it well.
That is why i was not understanding your post cav.
I got the point you were trying to make but I did not make my question/thought very clear.
I was going on the idea of a sence of self. Not just an assignment in a group. Wich , in a nut shell, is what bees do.
I dont think that a bee or an ant has the thought that we humans do of .. " If I dont do this then noone else will" .. They just do it . They dont think in terms of - who does more/less- who is better- who is stronger etc. That would mean that they have self actualization.
I think since humans have self actualization we have become who we are. Maybe not the ENTIRE reason, but I do believe it is a huge part.

( Wow.. a little sleep and I can now think clearly. )

Ahh.. and the spiders..
They DO wrap thier meals.. but they dont freeze them to preserve them.
We are humans because we freeze our food!!!! IN suran wrap.. heheheh

Or.. maybe.. it is that we are the only animals who wipe our butts after we poop?!
NOW THATS advanced...

Actually, if my dog has a bit of poop clinging to his butt after going, he refuses to come inside.

As do I, cav.... as do I.

Badgers have a sense of humor, and porcupones use leaves as a sort of makeshift toilet paper.

What makes you say Badgers have a sense of humor?

I looked it up on the internet.

Man, what are porcupones? I hope everyone knows what I meant.

Summat like cornpine?