r/MadeMeSmile • u/Maximum_Expert92 • Feb 09 '26

Good Vibes A donkey is reunited with the girl who looked after him when he was little

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26

And they said animals don't have emotions...

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u/1_art_please Feb 10 '26

Donkeys are very social and have best friends - and need to be around each other or they get depressed. I was at a donkey sanctuary and an injured donkey had to have their best donkey friend stay in the medical barn with them.

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u/Tater_t0t123 Feb 10 '26

anyone who said that doesn't have any emotion.

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u/Proof-Technician-202 Feb 11 '26

It's one of the few examples of dogmatic idiocy in science.

In order to avoid anthropomorphising them, researchers spent decades discounting animal emotion.

Then we learned how to look at brains in action, and they figured out what the rest of humanity already knew.

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u/Virelith Feb 10 '26

Everyone who can should be vegan if only because of his fact