Topic > Animals have feelings - 589

If a human can feel emotions and react to them, then animals can too. Animal emotions can be described as subjective, conscious experiences, characterized mainly by psychophysiological expressions, biological reactions and mental states. Scientific studies have shown that animals experience certain feelings. Scientists believe that certain human brain cells called spindle cells are responsible for an individual's social behavior and the interaction between thoughts and feelings. Furthermore, in several studies it has been found that many animals possess this certain cell, however animals clearly do not need this cell to express their feelings. This means that, regardless of the presence or absence of this cell, animals express feelings. Dogs do not have spindle cells, but have shown behavior that may suggest a human-like social sense. For example: when dogs demonstrated that they knew how to follow a human's pointing finger to find food. However, this is an action that they reacted to, however this could show that they have feelings. It's important to realize, yes...