Letters to the Editor
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to Sally the Werewolf:
"How much does anthropomorphism factor into how I feel about this?"
What kind of blather is all this about anthropomorphism?? Sally, do you feel that humans are the only species that plays? That gets hungry? That feels pain? That gets jealous? That feels true affection? That would die to save the lives of their offspring?? That have a sense of humor (yes, humor)?? I could go on and on, so YES, animals are like us, and we are like them. The only difference is degree, and that varies even amongst ourselves. I work with scientists who do animal behaviour studies, and it is proven time and again that animals experience and exhibit the characteristics that we humans do. Imagine that-- that other mammals behave like the human mammal and vice versa.