Do animals have an ego?

Terms like "ego" and "superego" and such stem from Freud's era and are largely passe' now.

We know that some higher animals are self-aware and have a degree of consciousness. Adult great apes (chimps, gorillas) are about as bright as a 3-year old human child.

Others, like dolphins, dogs, etc....recognize themselves in mirrors, can learn a large vocabulary, and communicate with each other in various ways.

We are animals, and have one. So "ANIMALS" do have ego.

Do all animals have egos...sense of self? Who knows? Do we? Or do we just imagine ourselves to be something..that doesn't exist. Are we just observers watching a show, believing ourselves to be in control of the actors on the screen?

These answers are not going to be found in the mind. So...the answer is idk.

Only the God and the Animal have no ego,being living in the state of complete solitude,silence

Humans are animals.

Ego = imagination/thought!

It is easy to determine where 'thought' exists by it's symptomatic behavior.

Insanity exists in 'thought/imagination; destruction, violence, corruption, vice, greed, selfishness,... are all symptoms of 'thought'.

The real EGO is all our thoughts.

I think, May be YES, That is why , The Animals are becoming the "Carnivorous" and May be, The Animals "FIGHTS" Starts.....

I've seen some Chihuahuas act pretty egotistic.

They have an Id

Only when they start their mating rituals. Males calling for prospective mates. Then of course there's always the peacock. But any pet owner will tell you for sure their pet has one.

Only animals that have object permanence.