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Do animals have déjà vu?

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Animals have memories, clearly, and some very advanced animals like chimps and elephants have shown that their memories can extend far back into the past and still be re-callable by the animal's "mind". But I am skeptical that the perception of déjà vu would be capable in lower animals. read more

So considering the fact that we still have yet to show that animals are capable and do in fact remember the events that they previously experienced (at least to the same ability as humans), there's no real way to show that an animal will feel the Deja Vu-like familiarity that we experience. read more

The term déjà vu is French and means, literally, "already seen." Those who have experienced the feeling describe it as an overwhelming sense of familiarity with something that shouldn't be familiar at all. read more

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