sentience

tietoisuus

tuntemiskyky The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.
1903, w:Bram Stoker|Bram Stoker, The Jewel of Seven Stars, ch. 5:

The shadows . . . presently began to seem, as on last night, to have a sentience of their own.

The science of animal sentience is far from a firm one; there's no way of knowing exactly what any animal is feeling.