Originally Posted by Hombre de Mundo

Do animals have desires? Is it even possible to actually ask such a question? I mean... duh

I'd like to say something though. Plants can stretch their roots deeper down the ground in search for water. Let's say there's an underground body of water, a plant could dig the roots deep enough to access that water. Would that count as desire? Neh, plants have no brains, and wouldn't be able to have emotions. They're like machines. They do stuff, but they don't have the desire to. They're just programed to do it (through DNA). The same would go for jellyfish, I guess. They don't have hearts, brains or nerve systems... they just are.