Do animals also feel love? Can you prove that they do not?

Question

Thank you for your views!

Answer 1

I think they do :)

Answer 2

Of course they do. This is easily demonstrated by the many gestures of affection from pets toward their owners.

If you are speaking of romantic love, they certainly feel that too, though we have no way of knowing how identical it is to the human emotion. Many animals appear to bond even more powerfully than humans do, however. Some species bond with a mate for life, and if their mate dies, will often search uselessly for them and die shortly thereafter.

I very much doubt there is any way to disprove that animals feel love, as simple observation of animal behaviour and the many affectionate behaviours they express make it so obvious that they do.

Answer 3

I'm not in a position to answer that question. You're asking if "animals also feel love" --  what animals feel. I could not answer your question unless I have had the conscious experience of being an animal myself!  And I could neither prove that they do not. Or, any answer that I could give is mere pure speculation based on my own observations which could either be right or wrong. So, to answer your question: "Do animals also feel love?" My answer is:  Maybe; maybe not.

Answer 4

i dont think they do, they go by horomones, and i guess this is true because there is no set standard for animal love, we would be comparing it to how humans feel love, but i guess if you want to go by human standards no they dont becauseanimals all look the same.

Answer 5

I think they do feel love, sometimes even more than humans do .

Answer 6

yes animals do feel love ...but their love comes out of instinct only.

Answer 7

No i dont think there small brains can comprehend emotion. There only purpose it to eat and die nothing more.

Answer 8

Animal instinct for survival is greater than the human. Animals incline instinctively towards the hand that feeds them, loves them and protects them. There is no intelligence, or love or consideration and discernment involved. A newborn infant instinctively veers towards the scent and presence of the one who feeds and gives nourishment. It’s called survival instinct and has no bearing with the Spirit of Love.

Humanity is of Spirit. It resides physically in mortal form, yet when realised in Spirit seeks ascension to its originating higher plane.

Answer 9

I do not know.  But animals do feel loyalty and an obligation to the 'pack'.  Is this obligation mistaken for love?  Re: Dogs.

Answer 10

Are we talking about a 1:1 correspondence that exists between English and Japanese kinda love here? Or are we talking about love in the sense of feeling socially connected to its own kind and reciprocating same?

Do bears buy hallmark cards for other bears? Its natural/instinctual for a bear to 'gift' another bear with a fish it has caught, during courtship rituals or if its feeding its young, but just like you will buy a hallmark card for someone you only have a remote social connection with, sometimes the bear does it because the other bears (in this case, its ancestors) make it.

Animals feel 'love' but its much more restricted than what we feel. That is because we have the capacity to love beyond what is good for us. No bear, however close to another bear, would ever stand for that bear to beat it. Females in the animal kingdom will fight their males to the death, which means that most of the bad ones never make to the point of breeding anyway. A bear, thus, is restricted in its ability to 'love' a bear that might be bad for it, which is not a restriction placed on humans. Therefore, the love an animal can have for another is genuine (a pair is a pair is a pair, whether its penguins or wolves or people named Romeo and Juliet) but it cannot express the full (and often futile or disasterous) range of love reserved for humans.

Answer 11

If you can proof that you feel love, than it should be easy to proof that animals do too.

Peace.

Answer 12

Of course they do! I can't prove it or disprove it but I know that they experience emotions.  

Answer 13

yes, they do feel love...

Answer 14

Yeah just like humans, For some who think that dogs only like their owners because we feed them is not entirely true, maybe for some it is - but not all.

I've observe this from a chihuahua, the owners regularly feed it but its constantly lock inside the cage. Thing is the dog look depressed everyday, but becomes enthusiastic whenever someone care fore them(touching/scratching their backs or so,playing or anything)

while a pitbull respond differently - anyway its not entirely reliant on the breed but it is also similar to us humans - we have our own personality and needs ;and so as them.

EDIT: Anyway the thinking that animals will never feel love is caused by religion(narcissism) and NOT by science - so its not worth paying any attention

Answer 15

Yes to first No to 2nd Part

See the Animal Planet or some real animals in your sourrandings you will never need to ask

Answer 16

Depends on your definition of love.

I can't prove that they don't feel love, but I also can't prove that my dog can't do calculus.

Answer 17

Ofcourse they do. Just like what a human mother do to their babies, animals do love their offsprings. The caring of their youngs is a great manifestation of love. Is that not enough to show what love is. However, i cannot prove to you that they don't because i could see fro my very eyes how animals love their offsprings. Although that love may be temporary for some but otheres could prove that they show affection till the end of their lives.Take a look at the love birds.......

Thanks for asking. Have a great day!

Answer 18

I'm pretty sure a cat wuvs her cute lil kitten babies! meow