Quotes From "The Emotional Lives Of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy Sorrow And Empathy And Why They Matter" By Marc Bekoff

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Lacking a shared language, emotions are perhaps our most effective means of cross-species communication. We can share our emotions, we can understand the language of feelings, and that's why we form deep and enduring social bonds with many other beings. Emotions are the glue that binds. Marc Bekoff
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When animals express their feelings they pour out like water from a spout. Animals' emotions are raw, unfiltered, and uncontrolled. Their joy is the purest and most contagious of joys and their grief the deepest and most devastating. Their passions bring us to our knees in delight and sorrow. Marc Bekoff
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Without close and reciprocal relationships with other animal beings, we're alienated from the rich, diverse, and magnificent world in which we live. Marc Bekoff