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Originally Posted by Jel
So the dog knows where the bone is, or at the least, that there is a bone buried, but doesn't remember doing the burying - sounds pretty much in tune with what the article is getting at.
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I think so. The article says non-humans have semantic memory. Here's an example from wikipedia "For instance, semantic memory might contain information about what a cat is, whereas episodic memory might contain a specific memory of petting a particular cat.".
He knows where a bone might be but he doesn't know how it got there. But why did he bury it in the first place? Animals must have some sense of the future. For example squirrels and bears prepare for winter by fattening up and hoarding food.
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Originally Posted by AdultKing
This is all theoretical bullshit.
My dog goes fucking ballistic if she sees another dog on the tv, through the window, driving past one in a car, yet seeing herself on the tv in home videos or walking past the many mirrors in this house doesn't do a thing.
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Maybe the dogs they tested have a concept of self but no concept of mirrors.