<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 8:40 AM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Lesson: the brain of the ass, donkey and horse are similar, but behaviors<br>
vary widely. Likewise with dog behaviors: similar brains, large variation<br>
in abilities and instinct. In all these cases, I see evidence of some form<br>
of reasoning. It is an example of human reasoning to recognize the parallel<br>
process in non-human beasts.<br>
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spike<br></font></span></blockquote><div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(68,68,68);display:inline">Not me, Spike, but here is one more reason mules are smarter: they refuse to work themselves to death. Horses will run or work until they drop dead. Mules won't. That's the origination of the expression about mules being mulish - stubborn. If they are too tired they just stand there even if you beat them. I've seen it. bill w</div>
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