Animal emotions - I

On Thu, 25 May 2006 11:13:09 -0600, Glorfindel wrote:

dh@. wrote:
On Wed, 24 May 2006 19:48:14 -0600, Glorfindel wrote:

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It's an
artificial interaction which has no exact parallel in nature.

How could you know that?

Because adult wild or feral cats are not fed by others, and
do not feed other adult animals. They do not live in other animals'
dens. Cats bring home dead or crippled prey to their kittens
to feed them or teach them to hunt.

Then there's the parallel. But you do have an interesting point.

So, perhaps they see their
human(s) in that relationship to them in some way, but exactly how
seems obscure.

I've been led to believe that in a way domesticated animals
never really "grow up", but always act like young who are
dependant on their parents. That does make sense in many
ways, and this may be one of them. Maybe they see us as sort
of parents because we regularly feed them, and they bring
us something as no doubt young hunters would be likely to
do with their parents who are teaching them to hunt... It
seems like they feel--and maybe rightly so--that we should
have a common interest with them in both the prey in the
area, and the cat's ability to catch it. Maybe they sometimes
even encourage us to bring home a little live meat ourselves
once in a while :-) Actually I did give a cat a white mouse
once. I was afraid she might play with it too long and felt
sort of bad about giving it to her, but she killed it with no
hesitation or playing around, and ate it immediately. I never
tried it again, but found that behavior to be very interesting.

****wit David Harrison, ignorant pig-sodomizing goober cracker, lied:
On Thu, 25 May 2006 11:13:09 -0600, Karen Winter wrote:

****wit David Harrison, ignorant pig-sodomizing goober cracker, lied:
On Wed, 24 May 2006 19:48:14 -0600, Karen Winter wrote:


So, perhaps they see their
human(s) in that relationship to them in some way, but exactly how
seems obscure.

I've been led to believe

Uncle Remus.

That isn't a credible source on animal behavior, ****wit.

Leif wrote:

Uncle Remus.

That isn't a credible source on animal behavior, ****wit.

What he actually wrote was that domestic cats often
demonstrate kitten-like behavior into adulthood-- which is
true, and is generally accepted by behaviorists.

Karen Winter wrote:


Leif wrote:

What ****wit, ignorant pig-sodomizing goober cracker,
wrote was: "I've been led to believe [some bull****]."

In response, Sylvia wrote:



Uncle Remus.


That isn't a credible source on animal behavior, ****wit.


What he actually wrote was [snip Karen's bull****]

What he has been led to believe is a lot of southern
cracker nonsense about animals.

On Fri, 26 May 2006 15:41:02 -0600, Glorfindel wrote:


Leif wrote:

Uncle Remus.

That isn't a credible source on animal behavior, ****wit.

What he actually wrote was that domestic cats often
demonstrate kitten-like behavior into adulthood-- which is
true, and is generally accepted by behaviorists.

While some people learn things when and where they can,
other people like Goo never appear to learn much of anything
anywhere.

****wit David Harrison, ignorant lying dog-sodomizing
goober cracker, lied:

On Fri, 26 May 2006 15:41:02 -0600, Karen Winter wrote:


Leif wrote:


Uncle Remus.

That isn't a credible source on animal behavior, ****wit.

What he actually wrote was that domestic cats often
demonstrate kitten-like behavior into adulthood-- which is
true, and is generally accepted by behaviorists.


While some people learn things

You haven't "learned" anything since the last time you
saw Song of the South, ****wit, you ignorant goober
cracker.