Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I saw Graham's horse pic, it immediately reminded my of a Far Side cartoon (the epitome of anthropomorphism IMO). The horse obviously did something to the ring, the guy was checking it out, and the horse was looking conspicuously guilty. Perfect. It would have made a fabulous last photo in Life magazine (for those who are not old enough to remember, Life magazine ended each issue with a full page B&W picture of something humorous, usually containing people and/or animals). Jeffery At 08:53 AM 7/12/2002 -0700, you wrote: >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 >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html