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[QUOTE="ChileanTaco, post: 2045030, member: 118921"] Great! What I would also add to this is something that is obvious to all of us, I think, but often not recognized: Reptiles aren't emotionless. Bearded dragons show their emotions not only by behavior and body positions, but also by their changing colors ("stress marks"). Even as their emotions might not be the same as ours, it is easily to understand from an evolutionary point of view that emotions are one of the things that evolved early as they protect an animal from dangers, make it cautious and help to remember things. Reptiles also aren't beings without intelligence. There are studies that show they can learn by imitating other bearded dragons and humans, even when what they should imitate is only shown on a video screen. Their intelligence will help them in their natural environment, harsh deserts, to avoid predators and to find food. It can be shown in medical studies that reptiles possess the brain cells associates with emotion processing and intelligence. Their brain is just structured differently than mammal brains, which have specialized areas for emotion and cognition. [/QUOTE]
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