If plants could be credited with reasoning powers, we would marvel at the imaginative ways they bribe or ensnare other creatures to carry out their wishes.
You have to realise that touching is a real violation of personal space.
What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.
A chimp would never plan to pull another's nails out.
I still think we are smart enough to not destroy planet Earth, our only home.
We can learn to suppress our feelings for other reasons.