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Survey on Human Perception of Cat Emotion

Reddit Animals

Participants will view images of cats in different settings and respond to questions related to the cat’s perceived status, the cat’s emotional state and their own emotional response to viewing each image.

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I’m an emotional wreck when it comes to animals

Reddit Animals

I can’t read a story about a pet or watch a video without going down the emotional sinkhole. It might not be a rainbow bridge incident but just some puppers/kittens fooling around their humans but I can’t go through the thing without welling up. And every time I end up crying. How have you overcome this?

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The Unbreakable Bond Between Pets and Humans

Reddit Animals

Pets have been a part of human society for thousands of years, serving as companions, protectors, and even healers. From cats and dogs to birds and reptiles, pets have a unique ability to connect with humans in ways that are both profound and lasting. Keeping a pet also requires a certain level of responsibility and discipline.

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Can animals change behaviour depending on the human?

Reddit Animals

I can’t tell if it’s because they wanna play with my bf or it’s because they feel he’s more restless as a person that I am, I know animals can feel emotions and act accordingly. So here goes my question, why do they act so differently around us? Thanks :) submitted by /u/SuspiciousCherry3075 [link] [comments]

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Emotion vs. Reason

Critter News

There's always a dilemma in debating any issue as to whether one should rely on emotion or reason to advance one's argument. Many people say that PETA relies too heavily on emotion to argue its position. Others say that emotion is the only way to move humans to care about anything other than themselves. I'm really torn.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors.

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Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans

10,000 Birds

The authors resist getting mystical or sentimental, nor do they unduly move humans front and center except as fellow-beings that affect the environment their subjects live in (despite the subtitle.) Nothing keeps a human reader more engaged than a genuine character, and the birds here are exactly that.

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