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Birds absolutely have complex internal experiences, although I’m not sure if we know how analogous they are to human ones. Think about their range of natural behavior - parrots can be gregariously social, many birds mate for life, corvids show a knack for creative thinking and seem to have an awareness that other animals have minds (because they use it to screw with us), and so much more. With complex social structure and a wide range of behavior comes a complex system to process it.
Birds absolutely have complex internal experiences, although I’m not sure if we know how analogous they are to human ones. Think about their range of natural behavior - parrots can be gregariously social, many birds mate for life, corvids show a knack for creative thinking and seem to have an awareness that other animals have minds (because they use it to screw with us), and so much more. With complex social structure and a wide range of behavior comes a complex system to process it.
