Do you think animals appreciate beauty?

or is it instinct for desirable traits in a mate or freshness of food.whatever is desierable or fills a need? I think you know what I mean.


Is it the same for us? think about it, what is beauty to you?Do you think animals appreciate beauty?
On a whimsical note, I think animals are simply born with the expectation of beauty. They live in it, nature, totally connected to God. So maybe they don't appreciate beauty like we do, because beauty is a constant to them. Wrap your noodle around that! Having said that, I work in an animal shelter and I see the effects of humanity at one of it's lowest points. People can't seem to appreciate beauty because of our search, where we look, what we expect. That we expect at all. I've heard some sickening stories at the shelter, I've seen the effects. Yet those animals, if not completely destroyed by their circumstances, are still able to extend their unconditional love to the next person to walk through the door. Not just because they want out of their pens, but, I believe, because at the worst of times they never lose their connection to God, and in us, for some reason, they see beauty. Animals just are, something we need to learn to truly see the beauty of this world and it's inhabitants.Do you think animals appreciate beauty?
No...I think that the appreciation of the aesthetic, is precisely what distinguishes us from the other animals...
I have a vague memory of having to watch a documentary about male birds that dress up there nests with colors to attract a female bird. I'm sure beauty exists in all creatures...there is just no way of finding out what they think that is...besides the bird thing...that's kind of obvious...
My cat loves jazz music but leaves the room for other types. Cats enjoy a good sunspot and a well placed toy. I do think they appreciate beauty. Their senses aren't so confused that they would not. Humans have changed their minds to only accept big beauty and often miss the little things that are truly beautiful.
';beauty is in the eye of the beholder.';..beauty is just a concept. based on the studies regarding sexual attraction, it's instinctive when it comes to looking for a mate. it's been ingrained in our(and animals) dna for thousands of years. it's a subconscious drive to find the best partner. not everyone believes the studies but i think they make a good point.
Yes - Take peacocks for example: the more colorful their plumes the more attractive they are to mates.
frankly, i think animals are more concerned with food and mating than beauty.





i don't think most animals have the capability to appreciate beauty, at least not the way we do. even if they had the brainpower, i don't think many animals would have the time to sit back and say, ';how pretty that sunset is,'; or whatever.
You know, I hate to do this to you, but yes, I saw a program on Discovery channel and I do'nt remember the name of the type of bird that did this, but the male bird would construct the elaborate ';arbor';, laying up tall strands of grass in a semie-tunnel like structure, and then creating a bed to display various trophies, such as bottle caps, string, buttons, whatever prizes the bird could find, and the female buird would choose a mate based upomn the elaborateness of the display. Yeah, humans are animals too. Check out my pad, baby!
No, animals below the great apes neither think nor feel in any way comparable to humans. Everything in their lives is controlled by instinct, pre-programming, or simple learned behaviour. So they have no sense of the aesthetic at all.
Yes, they do.





Beauty is based upon truth, and animals can discern that.





Not the way we do, but they can.





And don't forget that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
all dogs care about iis food like me :)