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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences?

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Trauma bonding in Animals

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I read about the leopard and a cow being an adoptive family because of trauma bond (Media here ). I love how living things are connected and emotional. I just knew about this and it's the most endearing thing ever!! ah, life does have pretty things :) submitted by /u/No-Quail1037 [link] [comments]

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Why don’t I like this animal?

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I am not an animal hater. I had a dog growing up who was loved and treated like a family member. I’ve volunteered with animals and feel emotional attachment to animal causes. I hate reading things about what it means when someone doesn’t love animals, because I don’t feel like it resonates with me.

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Boyfriend's Mother Considering Euthanasia for her Dog Due to Allergies and Paw Fungus

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This is not about financial constraints, rather, it stems from the emotional strain of dealing with a dog's health issues. I told her that how woud she feel if her family wont care for hwr if she gets sick because its too much for them, and she says that this is different. The alergies are under control with one medication.

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How Pets Can Improve Your Health

4 The Love Of Animals

Expert cites scientifically-proven therapeutic, physical and emotional health benefits of loving and caring for a pet. But, pets also become bona fide family members with which we establish genuine relationships—incomparable emotional bonds that can have extraordinarily positive physical and psychological impacts on humans.

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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What extraordinary birds penguins are: physically, they remind us of ourselves, so we think we understand their behaviors, but, as the authors say, “their private life is as complex and mysterious as that of any wild animal.” Dragan]: Europe’s Birds: An Identification Guide , by Hume, Still, Swash, and Harrop is a photographic guide.

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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan

10,000 Birds

Like many of the largest species within bird families, the Great Parrotbill looks somewhat plain, at least in the weather I encountered it. Given that red is the color of communism and that the Red Panda is much cuter than the Giant Panda anyway, this animal should be the one utilized to promote Longcanggou.

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