I'm not going to clutter up the list with more discussion of sex. You can
read what I've written about this in the archives, as we've "been there/done
that" before -- several times -- on Lactnet.
However, once again, I must chime in as an anthropologist and say that
non-human animals do have emotions, just as humans do. This is not a
distinction that can be made to separate humans from other animals, just as
culture, tool-making, and reliance on learned behavior, and even language
are not distinctions that clearly separate humans from non-human animals.
And it *is* clearly oxytocin that is responsible for that wonderful
affectionate, loving feeling you have when you breastfeed. Read the work of
Niles Newton. Prolactin levels return to their pre-pregnant/non-lactating
levels within six months of birth, and are not associated with continued
milk production, continued amenorrhea, or feelings of affiliation the way
oxytocin is.
Kathy Dettwyler
Some books on animal emotions:
1. Minding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart -- by Marc Bekoff, Jane
Goodall; Hardcover
2. Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions
(Series in Affective Science)
by Jaak Panskepp, Jaak Panksepp (Hardcover)
3. The Smile of a Dolphin : Remarkable Accounts of Animal Emotions
by Marc Bekoff (Editor), Stephen Jay Gould (Foreword) (Hardcover - October
2000)
4. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
by Charles Darwin, Paul Ekman (Editor) (Hardcover - April 1998)
5. The Cat Who Cried for Help : Attitudes, Emotions, and the Psychology of
Cats by Nicholas Dodman (Paperback)
6. The Intelligence of Dogs : A Guide to the Thoughts, Emotions, and Inner
Lives of Our Canine Companions by Stanley Coren (Paperback -
7 The Body Language of Horses : Revealing the Nature of Equine Needs,
Wishes, and Emotions and How Horses Communicate Them--For Owners, Breeders,
Trainersby Tom Ainslie, Bonnie
8. Animal Equality : Language and Liberation
by Joan Dunayer, Carol J. Adams
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