Human life vs Animal life

[Human No More]

Originally Posted by auroraglacialis

Hmm - does a lion not know that he is superior to his prey in some aspects? Or that some of the game animals are inferior to others? Maybe the animals do not think in it abstractly, but they have an intuitive knowledge. Who is to say that abstract knowledge is in any way "better" than intuitive knowledge?

Interesting, but it's completely beside the point of understanding abstract concepts. The point is that a lion doesn't consider why it hunts, it just does. Selection of prey is based on probabilities - the probability that it won't escape, the probability of not being injured when attacking it, it being a known species (as opposed to ones like humans, which are unknown, and as such, they will generally not attack except in a defensive reaction when threatened). All very highly developed instinct and showing a degree of intelligence compared to many animals, but extremely far and a completely different thing altogether from sentience.