Do animals have emotions? I attribute complex emotions to them and I don't even know if they care as much as I do..
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Posted by DC57 Sep 6th, 2012 at 12:17PM
Yeah but they are different to ours. Animals bred for Adult playfulness tend to be very emotional (cats, dogs). A fully grown cow however doesn't care much - unless you get near it's calf.
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Posted by Lushiro Sep 6th, 2012 at 12:16PM
I believe animals in many ways, are more human than we are. Dogs are a prime example, they give us unconditional love regardless of how badly we mistreat them.
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Posted by Artattack Sep 6th, 2012 at 12:28PM
I am an animal lover, myself, but I am also a realist. We humans have a tendency to see our own emotions in animals, but that is pure imagination. Animals do have feelings but they are instinctual emotions. Excitment, fear, and grief in some species. You see this in dogs, cats and the higher animals, but when you get down to birds and reptiles there is less and les real emotion and it is pure survival instincts, for example, not real fear as we think of it.
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Posted by pizzaman34 Sep 6th, 2012 at 12:28PM
Do they come up to you and want to be pet? and then lick you afterwards? Thats their way of saying thank you or I love you.
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Posted by avibot Sep 6th, 2012 at 12:18PM
elephants cry, mourn and show sadness at the death of a family member
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Posted by fishsweeper Sep 6th, 2012 at 12:35PM
It depends on what animals you're talking about. I seriously doubt that insects or fish have what we would consider emotions, although they have needs. As far a my parrot and my dog are concerned, I believe that they have emotions, but that those of my dogs aren't as complex as those of my African Grey parrot (considered to be the smartest bird in the world) because my parrot is more intelligent than my dog. The only 'evidence' on which I can base my beliefs is simply observation of their behaviour.
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Posted by AngieloveLee1985 Sep 6th, 2012 at 12:22PM
i wanna be like an animal..careless and free...handful,,,
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Posted by queer4clockwork Sep 6th, 2012 at 12:20PM
Yes! They are more honest about them too
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Posted by Bitto69 Sep 6th, 2012 at 12:17PM
Some species do.
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Posted by jamesd5454 Sep 6th, 2012 at 12:16PM
i know my dog does
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