Emoce zvířat – Bekoff Marc (2017)

In Kenya, a partially crippled elephant living in a herd of wild elephants was often waited for by her companions during their travels until she shuffled over, and they often fed her. Konrad Lorenz described an incident with a dog that could tell by neutral language whether it would go out with its owner or be forced to stay home. When it sensed that its owner would leave alone, it lay down in despair. In Tezpur, India, a car hit a small macaque and ran over its legs. Hundreds of angry monkeys immediately blocked city traffic. Some massaged the injured monkey's legs and subsequently carried it to safety. Ethiopian criminals kidnapped a twelve-year-old girl and hid with her in the wilderness. The girl's desperate cries attracted three lions, which drove off the kidnappers and protected the crying little girl. When the pursuers of the kidnappers approached, the lions, without showing hostility, relinquished the kidnapped girl. At the Tokyo Zoo, a snake refused to eat frozen mice, so the caretakers threw in a live hamster. A miracle happened. The two beings became friends, and the hamster happily slept on the snake's body. Many other examples also demonstrate that animals show love, compassion, and solidarity not only towards each other. In a study of the traits of 394 American students, it was found that those who grew up with a dog or...