According to believers in post-mortal consciousness, do animals also remain conscious after death?

#### Short version If humans remain conscious after death, do animals also remain conscious after death? #### Longer version I'm trying to figure out if there is any fundamental difference between the spirit of a human being (the "breath of life" that makes humans alive) and the spirit of a disembodied (evil/unclean) spirit. The logic is that, if these two types of spirits are not fundamentally different, then it follows that if evil spirits are conscious, then the disembodied spirit of a human (when the spirit departs from the body upon death) also remains conscious. In fact, this insight inspired me to ask the question https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/81229/50422 However, the implications become interesting when we consider the fact that **animals also have a "breath of life"**. In response to my related question [Did Jesus believe in ghosts / disembodied spirits?](https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/q/56441/38524) , user Dottard made a very good point in his [answer](https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/a/73598/38524) : > **2. Human beings and animals appear to be a body plus the breath of life** > > > Gen 2:7 - Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and > > breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a > > living being [literally, "soul"] > > Animals have exactly the same constitution, see Gen 1:30, 6:17, 7:15, > 22, Job 12:10, etc. For example, Eccl 3:19 - > > > For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so > > dies the other—they **all have the same breath** . Man has no > > advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. If humans and animals are essentially made of the same basic components (body + breath of life), then it would stand to reason that, if humans remain conscious after death, then animals also remain conscious after death. Do believers in post-mortal consciousness agree with this conclusion? Do animals also remain conscious after death? _____ Related question: [Is there any fundamental difference between the "spirit" of a human being ("breath of life") and the "spirit" of a disembodied (evil) spirit?](https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/q/73563/38524)