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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences? Animal Rescues: Feeling Compassion for Those in Need.

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On "Pets" and "Its"

Animal Person

All animals except the dog are called "it" (I did a little experiment to see what would happen). And the reverse is true: If parents are unaware, it should be no surprise that whatever compassion or sense of justice a child has is not nurtured. Meanwhile, the lizard has a male name so you'd think he'd be called "he."

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Locked in Guangxi: An epidemic adventure, searching for birds

10,000 Birds

Having earned both a Master’s Degree in Engineering and in Law, Germain works as a manager for the construction industry. A that point in time, I could not imagine the adventure that I was going to experience and how birds would have rescued me. We jumped into our rented SUV Jeep Compass for a trip of 6 days.

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