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Winter Wanderland

10,000 Birds

We returned home for a good dinner with friends, some wine and a night dreaming of raspberry coulis, puppies and ducks. Since it wasn’t Christmas and we were definitely not in a ballet theater this could only mean one thing: Clark’s Nutcracker. Not worth a detour, but when in the vicinity, do check it out. And now I did.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions.

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