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Re: Animal reproduction (was (of course?) Terms and Conditions Question)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 17 May 1999 14:16:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> "Jesse R. Long" wrote:
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> > Animals can't function on that level; animals are driven
> > by hormones and nothing else and are just horny as hell when they
> > engage (if they do) in homosexual acts.
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> Do you assert that among all the organisms, cognition is unique to
> humans? What about emotion. If so...uh...have you ever been around a
> pet? If not, then surely you see that whatever limited faculty for
> cognition and emotion any given critter has, also act as motivators.
> So, like us, the other animals act due to a combination of hormones and
> rational information processing - the balance between the two is just tipped.
Actually, all animals have emotions. Mammals have much more sofisticated
emotions than, say, lizards though. If the Discovery channel re-runs the show
'Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry', check it out. It was extremely
informative about the emotions of animals.
Jeff
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