Animals Like Us : Animal Emotions – Wildlife Documentary

Animals Like Us : Animal Emotions - Wildlife Documentary
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The study of animal behavior leaves little room for emotional-related explanations. Feelings in animals tend to be presented as functional explanations of behavior in a given situation. The notion of emotion has been completely overlooked, especially in the sixties, at the peak of animal experimentation, since it was easier to deny animal feelings like sadness or suffering, to guiltlessly carry out all sorts of tests. Recognizing the existence of animal feelings implies moral obligations. Things however are changing… and many scientists who study animal behavior are paying more and more attention to emotions. But how could it be otherwise? To better understand a behavior we need to compare it to an already seen already and understood situation. And what could better help us understand a specific behavior than our own experience, our own behavior and our own emotions.

Author : Keebe Kennedy
Director : Keebe Kennedy
Year : 2006
Producer(s) : Saint Thomas Productions, France 5, France 3, Canal+, National Geographic Channels –

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  1. Unfortunately they're trying to make it so that animals are better than humans and at the same time they're trying to kill us off and let the animal kingdom take over this is really sick cuz mankind was supposed to take care of animals but they are taking humans and turning them into animals.

  2. This documentary is terribly out of date. I'd advise anybody interested in "animal" emotions to check out something a little more recent. There is so much more to the subject than depicted here. For example, elephants, dolphins and magpies pass the self-awareness mirror test, and there are many intriguing examples of our fellow creatures being able to think and plan ahead and reactions to death that were not covered here. What saddens me most is how the narrator insists on referring to "animals" instead of "other animals". If we continue to separate ourselves from our fellow creatures in this dishonest manner, we perpetuate the horrific and ultimately unscientific idea with which vivisectionists and other torturers justify their behaviour – i.e, that Homo sapiens is somehow in a completely different category of existence to all other life forms.

  3. Animals have emotions, I get that but they STILL are not on par with humans, for all those who have a pet and treat it like a baby and say the animal loves them as much if not more than a human
    That isnt the case. Of course animals have emotions, its obvious just watching wild animals when one dies, the living ones grieve, but they still shouldnt be looked at like a human. You still also dont have an animal and abuse it. Too many people have pets and decide to mistreat it. It seems too easy to get a pet and forget about it or throw it out. Bit like humans do to our elderly or our children. It's too easy to have kids or pets ( some people shouldnt have either)

  4. This is why it's so important.That they can recognise and understand on some level, the concept of death. This goes for small children as well.

  5. After watching vids at x2 speed for a while, trying to watch it at normal speed is… So slow lol x2 speed is the new norm for me. Anyone else? Anyways nice doc. One things for sure, if you get hungry, you got emotions. Simple

  6. Did they feed the Chimps such a small amount of food for some reason ? You can tell the group is stressed by their bad coat quality. The females don't look like they're in good condition after having babies either.Sadly , not a very healthy group.

  7. Animals are sentient beings look at orangutans mothers keep their babies with them for almost 8 to 10 years one mother who was shot even tried to express milk while she was dying for her baby they fight to the death before they let anyone take their babies they love their families they love their babies they have fear love happiness you can see it all in their eyes you can see it in dog's eyes to

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