Animals cannot be disappointed.

dh@. wrote:

On Sat, 07 May 2005 17:17:45 GMT, "Joanne" wrote:


dh@. wrote in message ...

On Thu, 05 May 2005 21:03:59 GMT, Rudy Canoza wrote:
Animals experience disappointment Goo. Almost any
child with a dog could tell you about it. It doesn't mean
that all animals can, but it does mean some of them
can.

Definitely true of parrots. Billy, my Severe Macaw makes a disappointed
vocal when he wants to come out to play and I have to walk away without him.
It's not a scream for attention; it's a quick, low vocalization of
disappointment without doubt.


It's not too surprising, though I had wondered if birds experience it.

They don't. She is anthropomorphizing.