(cause if it does, then wouldn't that imply animal's brains work the same as humans?)
Ryan and Hector
"Idiot." Snapped Hector, using his power to freeze the animal's inards from the inside out, as the animal flailed about it snapped it's own limbs as the extreme cold made them brittle.
Ryan tried to capture the other human, sealing up the tunnels, boxing the yeerk in. He had control of the earth, there was no possible way he was going to lose his prey.