Can Animals Think Summary

Scientists have been studying animal intelligence since the 1960s and most are coming to the conclusion that animals are smarter than most previously thought. In the article “Can Animals Think.”, Eugene Linden makes a compelling argument that same animals have the capacity to reason and feel. Many animals are smarter than people give them credit for. The first creative example is Fu Manchu’s incredible escape. The article states that the orangutan used a piece of metal to “slide a wire into the gap, slip a latch, and pop the door open” (Linden 27). Fu was also hiding the lock pick “between his lip and gum” (27) in between escapes. This is incredible, because Fu was able to create and then execute a plan to escape his cage. According to the article, he had the
My final claim is that animals do have feelings. I volunteered at Paws and Claws Humane Society and when you walk into the room, the dogs start barking and wagging their tails to say “pick me”. Also when I’ve gone to pet them on the head and my hand runs in front of their eye, they flinch because they’ve been abused by being smacked on her head or they have scars and marks that when you touch they become very defensive and yelp. Another example is when you hook up the leash to there collar and they know they're going for a walk, they get so excited and joyful and give you so many kisses. My dog I have at home goes and sits on her bed after I yell at her for chewing up a shoe, she knows she did something wrong and gives you “puppy dog eyes” to try and apologize for what she did with her cuteness. In conclusion, in the article “Can Animals Think?”, Eugene Linden makes a compelling argument that some animals have the capacity to reason and feel, and that animals are intelligent and as smart as we really believe and also sometimes under