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AmericaTheBrave
11/30/22 7:21:29 PM
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Are reptiles capable of emotions at all?

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Payzmaykr
11/30/22 7:24:42 PM
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Im not sure, but hopefully so. Heres my frog:

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Nemu
11/30/22 7:31:21 PM
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They definitely don't have the same mechanism as mammals, for sure. I think some can display traits that people take for affection, but I imagine it's more developing familiarity. I doubt there's a reptile in existence that would feel sad if you never returned. They're not stupid, but they just didn't evolve to need such traits.
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Ivynn
11/30/22 7:49:22 PM
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Payzmaykr posted...
Im not sure, but hopefully so. Heres my frog:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/6/0/AABqZUAAD8Fw.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/6/1/AABqZUAAD8Fx.jpg

ACKSHULLY frogs are amphibians, not reptiles.

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YoungMutual
11/30/22 7:49:38 PM
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nah

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AmericaTheBrave
11/30/22 9:17:39 PM
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bump

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Kakapo
11/30/22 9:24:19 PM
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can you?

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ekie
11/30/22 9:25:37 PM
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No, it does not love you.

You are a mechanism for its food and survival.


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Rexdragon125
11/30/22 9:39:05 PM
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They can definitely recognize their owners and feel comfortable around them. Some species are smarter than others. My blue tongue skink chases me around when I put him on the floor sometimes, but that's probably because I target train him with a cat toy. My garter snake would come out of her hide and make eye contact with me, again probably because she associated me with getting fed.
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Irony
11/30/22 9:40:39 PM
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No

Tortoises and iguanas can recognize their owners though

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VampireCoyote
11/30/22 9:40:58 PM
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I think they can

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DrizztLink
11/30/22 9:41:56 PM
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Nemu posted...
I doubt there's a reptile in existence that would feel sad if you never returned
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/6/6/AABUaRAAD8Ha.jpg
You fucking take that back.

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Zikten
11/30/22 9:45:06 PM
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So the TMNT don't love April O'Neil?
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kelemvor
11/30/22 9:49:40 PM
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Maybe a Tortoise. I have a coworker who has an African one and it can recognize it's name and it likes being petted. I would get one but you have to assume it will outlive you. You also need to make sure it has an outdoor enclosure that they can't dig under.
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AmericaTheBrave
11/30/22 11:10:22 PM
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I just feel sorry for my wife because she believes her pet turtle loves her.

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Kaiganeer
11/30/22 11:18:32 PM
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no, but scalies would have you think that they do
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Lizards
11/30/22 11:26:57 PM
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Patchwork
11/30/22 11:36:30 PM
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Ask Taylor Lorenz.

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PsychicHippo
11/30/22 11:39:47 PM
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I used to have an emperor scorpion that would gently clasp my finger with his pincer, which of course I imposed with my human-oriented definition of affection, but really, who knows. I would like to think so but another part of me can see how that'd be silly.

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