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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Survival isn't the same as 'not wanting to be dead'. Not wanting to be killed really comes from the fact that the act of being killed is usually rather painful.
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Do animals know that being killed is painful?
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Fear of heights after all, doesn't come from not wanting to be high, it comes from the fear of rapid lithobraking when you lose height too quickly.
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I'm not afraid of heights and I know lots of species that aren't either.
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No. Would you say a baby who tastes something that's disgusting and then avoids it necessarily does so because they are 'aware of poisons' or the concept of rotting food? Would you say an animal that avoids electric shocks is necessarily aware of electricity?
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Does an animal avoid an electric shock? Probably not the first one.
After that it is aware of the pain that a shock gives and it avoid it. So yes it is aware of electricity. Does it know how electricity works? No. But neither do many humans.
In regards to the baby, I don't understand your point.