XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, rec.pets.dogs.health, misc.rural   
      
   On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 12:20:11 +0100, Derek  wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 06:39:17 GMT, don'tgo@there.com (The Watcher) observed:   
      
   >>Something tells me you THINK you know a whole lot more than you really do   
   know   
   >   
   >Rather, it's you who makes the claim that an   
   >animal can experience human-like emotions,   
      
       LOL! Emotions are emotions, and one is no   
   more "human-like" than another. It's hilarious   
   that an "ARA" like you is so *incredibly!!!* ignorant.   
      
   >and apart from your cite from an on line   
   >dictionary that merely lists a handful of them   
   >without explaining why animals have them,   
      
       Why they have them? They developed in living   
   things, and those who can deal with them and   
   survive live to reproduce others who do the same....   
   It's a progression that you most likely could never   
   learn to understand.   
      
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