Are humans the only animals that commit suicide?

[Al B. Sure!]

Millions of lemmings disagree!

Are we all just going to ignore the fact that this was all a myth and that Oerdin is wrong as usual?

[Al B. Sure!]

I don't think Oerdin has been right on anything. It's a stunning achievement.

[PLATO]

However, if they don't like slow, painful, panic inducing methods, they're sort of SOL.

Depressed dog walks up to a highway.....

[PLATO]

I did not know that but Dolphins are extremely intelligent. Did you see the video on the BBC's website of the dolphin caught in discarded fishing line "asking for help" from a human diver. The behavior it displayed with remarkable.

Isn't the dolphin brain both the only mammal brain larger than man's and, in fact, 2 1/2 times larger?

[EPW]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalization_quotient

[regexcellent]

Isn't the dolphin brain both the only mammal brain larger than man's and, in fact, 2 1/2 times larger?

Blue Whale brains are way way larger.

[PLATO]

Blue Whale brains are way way larger.

Indeed you are correct...a quick google search revealed the following:

Mammal Body weight Brain weight How much of the animal is its brain?
Blue whale 60 000 kg 6kg 0.01%
Lion 200 kg 200g 0.1%
Rat 200g 3g 1.5%
Human 70 kg 1.3 kg 1.9%

[PLATO]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalization_quotient

That was a very good read. The day has now not been wasted.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Are we all just going to ignore the fact that this was all a myth and that Oerdin is wrong as usual?

I think Oerdin was being rhetorical.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Depressed dog walks up to a highway.....

The car might swerve and only wound it.

I have seen depressed dogs and cats essentially stop eating and effectively just shut down. Arguably, when older sick animals stop eating, it's a form of passive suicide.

[Alexander's Horse]

of course many animals committ suicide by breeding, including some humans

[MichaeltheGreat]

The herd gettin' to ya?

[Alexander's Horse]

shunted all mine off the boarding school now, and Mrs Horse is away, so no

[Snotty]

The difference between a fatal accident and suicide is intent.

I was told a story of how sheep are so stupid, that one time when driving them over a bridge one sheep jumped clean over the railing to its death.

She didnt leave a note, so I guess we will never know.

[MichaeltheGreat]

She probably hadn't studied Newton's theory of gravity in sheep school.