[AlbinoLime]

Actually, I think I read somewhere that bees don't sleep, and why would a race like bee need a hospital? Well that's not your point. So anyways, I think animals do have a theory of mind, which is different than us. Why would a dolphin, apes, and humans differ so much from the rest of the animal kingdom. Sure many of the things animals do could be considered instinct, but I think that instinct can only go so far, and most of the actions and reactions we see from animals are learned traits. Sure there are differences between learned traits and theory of mind, but there are many similarities too so blah.

Most of the examples that I am thinking of have to do with apes and such, but I have heard of instances at zoos where a lion befriends an antelope, and such things that most would think go against basic animal instincts. Of course one could bring up the argument that the lion wont eat the antelope because the lion is already being fed by the zookeepers, but I would rather wonder why they put a lion with an antelope in the first place.