Why do people insist on anthropomorphising animals? Because the animal appears to be relaxing and enjoying the stroking, we assume it is so. However, if you were completely reliant upon the "stroker" for your food and security, how might you behave? Perhaps the marmoset is silently suffering waiting for his "abuser" to finish up. Perhaps he will be unable to bond properly with other marmosets and will be forever haunted by "relaxing" piano music. Happy, indeed.
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The thing about animals, cuteness aside, is that they impart such happiness and comfort without doing anything.
"they impart such happiness and comfort without doing anything"
I would say they are doing something, but making it seem effortless.
Very funny Jim.
And remember, never, ever feed them after midnight.
Why do people insist on anthropomorphising animals? Because the animal appears to be relaxing and enjoying the stroking, we assume it is so. However, if you were completely reliant upon the "stroker" for your food and security, how might you behave? Perhaps the marmoset is silently suffering waiting for his "abuser" to finish up. Perhaps he will be unable to bond properly with other marmosets and will be forever haunted by "relaxing" piano music. Happy, indeed.
You can see life through the eyes of a marmoset...or else you can enjoy life through the eyes of a human stroking a marmoset.
Does her "handsome boy friend" know that "only yes means yes, every step of the way"?
I think they are bullying the marmoset. It is just too scared to fight back or say anything. It has been well groomed by its abusers.
Why do people insist on anthropomorphising animals?
Perhaps it is because behaviorism has been less than completely successful approach to animal psychology, particularly among our primate cousins.
Like other monkeys marmosets are social animals that use ritual grooming to cement social bonds and mitigate social tensions.
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