Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] I know nothing about horses but .....
From: Douglas Herr<telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:53:42 -0700

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:04:09 -0500 Tom Smart <tom@sleepytom.com> wrote:

> I know we humans tend toward anthropomorphism, 
> but indeed animals must have at least similar 
> emotions to our own.  After all, we weren't 
> suddenly formed as a separate species distinct 
> from all others.
 
The last sentence could be seen as flame bait by some (not by me) but IMHO
what we in our anthropocentric way call emotion is the same thing as instincts
in other animals.  Instincts are more highly developed in humans but they're
still instincts.
 
I have seen fear, courage, humor, rage, bliss, love and sorrow expressed by
many of the highly-developed vertebrates and as these emotions/instincts can
have significant survival value I have no doubt the same emotions exist in
lower vertebrates as well.
 

Doug Herr<BR>
Birdman of Sacramento<BR>
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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