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Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare | Quanta Magazine

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What’s going on in the mind of a bee? There’s “a realistic possibility” of consciousness, according to a new declaration. Tran The Ngoc/Shutterstock Contributing Writer April 19, 2024 In 2022, researchers at the Bee Sensory and Behavioral Ecology Lab at Queen Mary University of London observed bumblebees doing something remarkable: The diminutive, fuzzy creatures were engaging in activity that could only be described as play. Given small wooden balls, the bees pushed them around and rotated them. The behavior had no obvious connection to mating or survival, nor was it rewarded by the scientists. It was, apparently, just for fun. The study on playful bees is part of a body of research that a group of prominent scholars of animal minds cited today, buttressing a new declaration that extends scientific support for consciousness to a wider suite of animals than has been formally acknowledged before. For decades, there’s been a broad agreement among scientists that animals similar to us — t

Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare | Quanta Magazine Home Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare Read Later Share Copied! Comments Read Later Read Later consciousness Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare By Dan Falk April 19, 2024 A group of prominent biologists and philosophers announced a new consensus: There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects, octopuses, crustaceans, fish and other overlooked animals experience consciousness. Read Later What’s going on in the mind of a bee? There’s “a realistic possibility” of

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