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A Bill of Rights For Dolphins As ‘Non-Human Persons’

The bill of rights states that every individual member of the cetacean order – whales, dolphins and porpoises – has a right to life. It also says that no one has the right to own the creatures or to do anything that undermines their rights, freedoms or norms.

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Dolphins are so intelligent that they should be thought of as ‘non-human persons’ and given their own bill of rights, it is claimed.

A coalition of scientists, philosophers and animal welfare groups have come up with a declaration of dolphin rights which they hope will one day be enshrined in law. This would stop them being kept in zoos and water parks, and being attacked by fishermen.

Flippin' heck: A coalition of scientists are calling for a bill of rights to protect dolphins like bottlenose Fungie who loves to entertain sightseers in boats in Dingle, Ireland

Whales would also be elevated above other animals by the list of rules, leading to whalers being classed as murderers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual conference heard in Vancouver.

Whale watching trips would be subject to regulations which would respect the creatures’ privacy, and developers and oil companies would have to give huge consideration to the effect their projects would have on the animals’ life and culture.

Philosopher Thomas White said: ‘Scientific evidence is now strong enough to support the claim that dolphins are, like humans, self-aware, intelligent beings with emotions and personalities.

Accordingly, dolphins should be regarded as “non-human persons” and valued as individuals. From an ethical perspective, the injury, deaths and captivity of dolphins are wrong.’

Those who drew up the bill of rights are known as the Helsinki Group and include UK members of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.

They say that thanks to advances in science, it is clear that dolphins are extremely intelligent, complex and sensitive mammals.

The bill of rights states that every individual member of the cetacean order – whales, dolphins and porpoises – has a right to life. It also says that no one has the right to own the creatures or to do anything that undermines their rights, freedoms or norms.

Its authors are using the Vancouver conference to try to get more scientists and members of the public on their side. They believe this is a step towards eventually persuading governments to enshrine the principles in law.

When brain weight is compared with body weight, the dolphin has the second-largest brain on the planet after humans. The conference heard that dolphins are self-aware – they can recognise themselves in the mirror.

There are also examples of them grieving for lost calves, feeding ailing pod mates and co-operating with fishermen when there is a meal in it for them. In Laguna, Brazil, when a shoal of fish enters the lagoon, the dolphins herd it towards the fishermen. Any fish that escape their nets provide an easy meal. source – Daily Mail UK

 

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Incredible Viral Video Showing Monkey Intelligently Swiping Through Photos On Instagram Just Like A Human Does

Video going viral this week of a chimpanzee idly scrolling an Instagram feed on a smartphone. It flicks through the feed, selects a photo or video, takes it in, and then goes back to the feed.

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There’s a video going viral this week of a chimpanzee idly scrolling an Instagram feed on a smartphone. It flicks through the feed, selects a photo or video, takes it in, and then goes back to the feed.

Yeah, this is cute and funny and all that, but should we really be laughing at it? The unsaved world sees something like this as  mere amusement, but bible students of the end times know a thing or two about how the animal world will act in the coming time of Jacob’s trouble after the Rapture of the Church takes place. Locusts from the bottomless pit, multi-headed beasts, yes sir the animal world will be well-represented during that time. Please have me excused, thank you.

“And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.” Revelation 13:2 (KJV)

We have long said that the Internet is indeed the platform of the coming One World System that will be ruled over by Antichrist, and one of the most captivating and mesmerizing components of the Internet is social media. Now seeing it extend to captivating the animal world as well is quite chilling indeed.

Monkey magic: Ape uses smartphone to scroll Instagram

FROM AU NEWS: The video quickly went viral after being uploaded to Reddit this morning with users saying it could be used to persuade their older relatives to try a smartphone. The ape can be seen navigating Instagram quite well, clicking on photos, profiles and watching videos.

The reaction to the footage showed it’s also pretty great at fishing for likes. The video comes one month after separate footage was shared of another chimp doing the same thing.

Some viewers were startled by the intelligence of the monkeys saying it could be prophetic of a Planet of the Apes like clash with humans in future.

Most didn’t go that apes**t and simply enjoyed watching a primate do something pretty amazing. In the latest minute-long video, the ape seemed more interested in looking at pictures and videos that had monkeys in them.

In 2015 a study on apes’ memory skills showed that they were more interested in watching film scenes that had people dressed as King Kong in them, compared to scenes with no King Kong or primate-like figure. READ MORE

Watch As A Monkey Uses Instagram Like A Human Does

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