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Do you think some animals are less afraid of certain people?

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Heck even deer standing just 6 feet away from me just stare for a moment then walk away. I thought that animals were just friendly and not scared of us humans but I'm a unique case I've come to find out. I raised her for about a month before she flew off on her own when I went on vacation somewhere for a month.

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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. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon.

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Parental Investment Theory

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You’re a mammal, so you might be tempted to use yourself as an example mammal, but humans are actually kind of bad examples of mammals, so perhaps we’ll use a well studied hoofed animal instead. It has been shown that courtship is negatively correlated with abandonment. Think about the difference between birds and mammals.

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