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Post subject: Do Animals have feelings?  Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:04 pm |
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Dear all
Do you think Animals have emotions?
I do, but not all the emotions humans do. I think animals do feel Love  fear (ó ò) and compassion 
But not anger,  hate  Jealosy or embarrassment.
as for other emotions I am undecided
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:46 pm |
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I believe they do, including the ones you think they don't. However, I believe that while they have the same emotions, they're a bit deeper than humans'.
For example, if a dog meets a strange man on neutral territory, he will take the time to get the man's scent, observe the way he acts, etc. before he makes a judgement on how much he likes/dislikes this human.
A human may do the same, but a lot of the time will instantly love the dog, or instantly hate it without time to judge.
I prefer the dogs, actually. 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:39 pm |
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Well, I think my lab/chow hybrid gets depressed when we go on trips, because she would hardly eat her food when me and my mom were gone.
There are plenty of stories of dogs doing things they were never trained to do in order to protect their friends. So yeah, I bet they can. They can't reason like humans can though.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:37 am |
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I think that all animals can feel. Not just 'smart' ones like wolves, dogs and chimps etc, but anything that has a brain.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:38 am |
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Animals cane feal emotions, such as "Fear, Love, Hate, Anger, Jealousy" I see it all of the time by watching my animals.
My dog often get jealous when I walk the other dog.
One of my dogs hates many other dogs.
Animals can fear.
Animals can get angry.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:45 am |
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Yes.
I think their emotions vary from ours abit however. I'm reluctant to think animals feel embarrassment however...
seriously... Just watch my cat... 
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:13 pm |
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If you've spent any time around animals you know that they have feelings. They may show their feelings differently, but you can what their movements mean for some odd reason.
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