glumshoe:

I agree that anthropomorphizing animals can be misleading and sometimes dangerous, but people who insist that animals “don’t have emotions” of any kind absolutely baffle me. What… what do you think an emotion even is? 

Human emotions are processed through language and complicated social nuances and our perspective-taking abilities – all the shit we call ‘higher thinking’ – but ultimately IMHO they’re chemicals and sensations and instincts that we ascribe meaning to in varying ways. I don’t think that’s inglorious or unbeautiful at all. Claiming that animals don’t have emotions at all is just as ridiculous as claiming that male dogs feel emasculated by wearing pink collars.