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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (7 children)

That's pretty terrifying. You can see the somewhat muted apprehension on his face mixed with a hope that he will be out of it soon.

Of course, I'm putting human emotions onto an animal, but that's just because I can easily see myself in such a situation where I'm politely asked to step into a room and face a wall for a brief moment...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Animals experience the same emotions as we do.

It's just their understanding of the situation that might be lacking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

My second paragraph was mostly just to excuse myself from mapping human emotions onto animal facial expressions.

He genuinely might be having the time of his life but we can't read him properly.

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