Re: Tears for fears. Was Re: Guide for anti-AATers

Phillip Bigelow (n8010095@cc.wwu.edu)
21 Oct 1995 10:33:00 -0700

r3dlb1@dax.cc.uakron.edu (David L Burkhead ) wrote:
>> Have you got a source for this claim? Actually "these claims":
>>That the three animals mentioned cry in response to emotional upset
>>(I'd _love_ to see how _that_ was determined), and that seals and
>>otters cry in response to salt crisis.

jamesb@hgu.mrc.ac.uk responded:
>See the post 'refs:re crying as a marine marker' I do apologise for including anecdotal evidence
>from Charles Darwin rather than scientific papers, what does he know about eanimals after all?

I don't know about the rest of you, but I think the word "crying" is a
STRONGLY biased anthropomorphic term...
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