Emotion in animals

Out in the animal kingdom, there were only three ways to defend ourselves: fight flight freeze Let's look at freeze first: have you ever had it happen where something unexpected happens and your mind goes blank, you can't think of a thing to say. You'll find that in those few seconds that your mind is blank you also cannot move a muscle. This was a great defence mechanism out in the animal world when we faced a sabre-tooth tiger - we knew we couldn't fight it and live. We knew we couldn't out…

Animal Testing Necessary? Over the years animal testing has been used to advance medical research and expand human knowledge in medicine. Animals are used for genetic, biology, drug and cosmetic testing experimentations, some people feel that animal testing is necessary in finding better medicine and beneficial for humans. A lot of people don’t understand that many of these animals may suffer during the harsh experimentations. People question whether or not it is ethical to use animals for…

outsider's perspective, you're seeing this happen, what would you do? According to ASPCA, an animal is being abused every ten seconds in America alone. Right under our noses there are creatures feeling paralyzed and what do we do? Contrary to popular belief all animals deserve to be treated with love, care and respect because they are living beings, they have real feelings and no way to defend themselves. Animals, just like humans, feel pain; whether it's physical or emotional they feel it…

Emotions are a special kind of mental processes or human states that manifest themselves in the experience of any significant situations (joy, fear, pleasure), phenomena and events during life. Emotions act as the main regulators of mental life and in the process of almost any human activity. Emotions arose in the process of evolution: with their help, animals can evaluate the biological significance of the phenomena of the surrounding world and the internal state of the organism. There are…

understand the world around us in terms of the human experience, through human emotions, feelings, and perception. Authors will often personify other things in order to relate back to the human experience. Most likely of these cases, authors will personify animals. Sometimes this is deliberate and other times the author is personifying animals unintentionally, because that is the only way the author can perceive the animal in his or her own terms of the human experience. Since we are completely…

John Dewey argues against William James' theory by saying that Dewey believes that emotions are experiences in which our emotions are directed toward the environment (84-85). Too, he argues that out bodily responses are needed as a way to deal with the emotion (85) and to relieve that sensation (86). Dewey mentions how he does not grasp why sounds such as laughter should be emitted while responding to an emotion (86). Too, laughing does not always insinuate that something is funny, but a laugh…

the actions they have taken. Taking in an injured animal from the wild and rehabilitating it while studying it is one thing, but purposefully hunting and capturing these animals for them to put on shows is impermissible. Through the extensive interviews with former Seaworld trainers and investigation into the wrongdoing of multiple institutions, the movie Blackfish was able to show the barbaric practices being performed on these innocent animals. Early in the documentary, the process…

Animals are a very important factor contributing to the well-being of human lives and this has been the case for decades in history. There have been many situations where animals help humans with their emotions and guide them through life. Take for instance seeing eye dogs that help those who are blind get around and can sense their emotions. There is a similar situation in the book, End of Summer by John Lowry Lamb, between the protagonist Nick and a cat named The Ghost. As we delve into the…

Have you ever wondered what happens to animals in zoos, aquariums, and circuses after closing hour? People spend hundreds of dollars coming to these facilities with their families as a “fun” trip. People of the world are contributing to these animals facilities without even knowing what really happens to these animals behind closed doors. Animals are just being treated as props and not as living animals, and it is about time people realize this and make a change. I believe all zoos, aquariums,…

Animals are not human. However close they may be, that is up to biology, but the fact still remains that animals are not human. In “A Change of Heart about Animals,” Jeremy Rifkin says that science has discovered that animals “feel pain, suffer and experience stress, affection, excitement and even love – and these findings are changing how we view animals.” (15) My question is: who? Whose view on animals is changing? Personally, I thought that everyone knew that most, if not all, living…