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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (13 children)

They don't have emotions like us but they have emotions similar to ours.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (12 children)

How would you define like us vs similar to us?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Humans can have more complex emotions. We can be stressed about theoretical concepts that animals just are not equipped to understand. We can be excited by the prospect of future events.

Most animal emotions are immediate. They enjoy some food they eat, they find a nice warm spot to bask in, they see a predator and run away. Most animals lack the mental capacity to think beyond the immediate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

If that's the case, then there's also something more complex going on - animals can certainly learn to anticipate things at specific times, like food, a dog gets excited by a doorbell because they knew that means somebody is coming, they can get stressed out by innocuous things if they associate it with bad experiences like beatings.

Not saying you're wrong, but it warrants further explanation, because as is it doesn't match the simple experience of living with a dog.

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