Can an animal living in a world threatened by predators develop a negative mood/emotion? Or vise versa for animals with plenty of opportunities to acquire meals, water, shelter, etc have a positive mood?
Researchers say that emotions not only show the animals experiences but how it makes it choices throughout it's life. Take an elk for example; whenever an elk hears a sound it immediately thinks of danger which would be a "safety-first" response where as whenever a grizzlie or a wolf hears a sound it immediately thinks of prey which would be a "optimistic" response.
I guess that stands true for humans to because if you get picked on a lot a certain way such as being pushed up against a wall near certain groups of people you start to avoid those people as much as you can and when you see them you try to get away.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100803212013.htm
I just think that this makes sense to me
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I agree...mainly because the animal instincts are programed in and help make us survive...from weather we are the prey to the predators...the survival of the fittest would prolly be why the animal instincts are transfered very similary.
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