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Why don't animals have a sense of humor?


Humans are the only animals that tell jokes and laugh. Nothing else can even comprehend the concept of humor.

Why?

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Because animals can't talk?

Signed, million man.

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They may not use scripts, but communicate with verbal cues all the time. We can also train gorillas to use sign language.

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You've never seen an orangutan react to a magic trick, have you ?

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He was probably trained in that video. You'd never see that reaction in the wild.

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Or animals are more complex than you perhaps are inclined to allow...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7InlgcxbU

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I'm not sure what your point is, but orangutans are also not usually seen driving golf carts in the wild.

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My point is, I guess now, that you are simple-minded.

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Cool, I’ve never seen that before!

Maybe he was out cruising around for hot chimp chicks😎

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Humans do a lot of things that no other animal species do. Unlike other species, humans have the ability to react and overcome natural instincts due to intelligence.

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Intelligence is only one anomaly. Creativity is another feature that only humans possess. No other creature is artistic, for instance. My point is that we are different in a mysterious number of ways.

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Puppies and kittens have senses of humor! Which is another reason they're so much cuter than human babies, that and the fact that they don't scream.

And speaking of screaming, I know a parrot that laughs. It's not because of humor, but whenever the humans in its house laugh, the parrot will laugh with them.

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my friends parrot would always say swear words because his whole family would always say them lol

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Animals laugh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb2sDQH91uc

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/10-animals-that-laugh/

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Meh. That seems like a lot of pop science stuff. "Scientists have recently discovered.."

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Maybe they have a sense of humor and we're just not in on the joke.

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Then they have very poor taste

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We probably are the joke!

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I once had an orangutan throw faeces at me in Indonesia - that was kind of funny.

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That'll teach you to try and steal his bananas

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I had to hide behind a tree - he was really pissed off with me, lol.

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There was a Gorilla at The Bronx Zoo that chucked rocks at me on two separate visits, he really hated me but luckily he had poor aim.

I didn’t do anything to that Gorilla, he was just an asshole.

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You really post some stupid shit. Ignored

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