Suicide in animals: its causes and motives 1 Suicide in animals: fact or fiction? When we talk about human attempts to commit suicide, we are talking about real and concrete experiences, including what might happen before us, so if the suicide in animals is really a reality, then we must see evidence, and it must be a clear desire of the animal or the incident will be just a coincidence or a trick. In 1845, in the London News, you will find an article about the suicide of a Newfoundland black dog, that is, a beautiful, precious, spoiled dog with no problems in life until he thinks of committing suicide. However, he had lost his usual vitality before that day, and on that fateful day the dog was going to the pool of water and threw himself into the water and although some dogs could swim, this dog did not try to resist even surrender and put his head under water intended. When the people around him tried to save him, they tried to save him. But every time they tried to stop him, he was once again in the water to drown himself, and the rescuers were back again completely tired, and at last he had already died and left him dead. - Ads - It seems that suicide in animals was not limited to modern times, because Aristotle himself told the story of a horse committed suicide because it was discovered that humans forced him to vaccinate his mother. It is also mentioned that a group of Peshmerga was traveling with him on a rugged mountain road, forcing him to carry large loads. At one point, the mule threw himself from above the mountain to fall down and get rid of his trouble because of humans. Tim Sines published a book about Richard O'Bri, who was present at a show of dolphins for entertainment. For example, dolphins have the most sophisticated mind close to humans. There was a dolphin called Fleper who looked at the audience and in the same kind of sadness you felt As a man from afar, and then the dolphin came under water and stopped breathing until he died. Of course the dolphins live under water and the only thing he might kill is his will is by not breathing. It seems that the dolphin has been tired of daily performances and despite the company's attempts to prove that the incident must be a coincidence and that the dolphin does not know suicide from the ground, no one believed them. In fact, there are thousands of other stories that prove the idea of suicide in animals and that because of what they suffer from suicide. Causes are often treated as a small cage or neglect of signs of fatigue visible on the animal and load it over and over, all this in addition to cruelty, beatings and harm. If man is so unique, the animal wants to deliver a message, and one day nature may turn over the human head if it continues to go away. You will find some birds that want only the freedom of feathers in their cages, and some other animals bite or refrain from eating. Or suicide is a noble goal when the dog sits out of loyalty to the tomb of the owner of the good until he dies the other without trying to save himself as he no longer wants life. 2 Scientists' view of suicide in animals If you ask any religious thinker, the answer is that suicide is haraam and against the law of God, and they will lie simply because nature does not kill itself. But if we go to psychology you will find another answer. Psychologist Thomas of the University of Florida, has a great belief that the animal feels and pain and instincts to save himself from pain, and with the ugly environment imposed by the human it decides to resolve only death, it may not be exactly as it happens with humans, but a strong sign of animal fatigue Of human. Ramsden of the 19th century says that suicide in general is a path of madness and what happens with the animal is a bit of a frenzy or an imbalance in the nerves in the animal. Scientist Maryam Webster believes that suicide is a conscious act, which is to cause self-mutilation completely involuntarily, so it is not appropriate to have suicides in animals because they are completely unconscious and willing. But modern psychologists consider suicidal as not necessary to be a conscious act but a reflection of the difficult surrounding circumstances. If we want to make sure that the animals have psychological motivation to do a job such as suicide, we must monitor and study their actions as we study human psychological behavior. In an experiment by researcher John Calhwin in 1962 proved more than just claims. The researcher kept a group of rats in a cage and provided everything from food and drink, the only thing missing was the area because the number of mice is larger than the cage. In front of mice two solutions either escape and this is not available or fighting on the place to stay what they did. Over the next few days, mice began to kill some and eat some. The scientists noted that it was like hallucinations because mice hysterically sexed like a rape in our human concept, even homosexuals were practicing it. In the latter few mice remained and showed their love for isolation. When they were moved to a larger cage of mice, they welcomed a corner for themselves and did not deal with any mouse until death. We can call this act in our language we humans "remorse and depression." 4 - Suicide in animals does not stop at large animals Suicide in animals does not stop when horses, dogs or dolphins, but they are realistic and noticeable in microorganisms and insects. The difference here is that it is not for man to enter it, but nature itself because the cause of suicide here is to protect the rest of the group as a heroic death, as if written in the genes and ordered them to the victim to protect the majority. Some bees will protect the queen and the nest from the bear, although after the sting they will die but in defense of their homeland. We also note insects of the type Pea aphids .