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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. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. by Marc Bekoff.

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Winter Wanderland

10,000 Birds

Coming down from the emotional high we noticed our grumbling stomachs: time to eat. We also saw Prairie Dogs , Bison , Mule Deer , Abert’s Squirrel and Coyote. However, a mere 10 minutes later we got another male Red Crossbill singing from the top of a pine tree. I am not a fan of American restaurants. I can recommend it.

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Beautiful Blue Backyard Bird

10,000 Birds

In the finest tradition of Romanticism, gulls dwell in the mystic world of dark and morbid imagery and emotions, which is expressed in often eroticized ways of aesthetic self-dramatization*. But let me tell you something: gulls are not what they would like to make you think they are. Gulls are deep and meaningful creatures. Get yours today!

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