Our Animal Instincts

我们的动物本能

Hidden Brain

社会科学

2019-06-18

48 分钟
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Does living with animals really make us healthier? Why do we eat some animals and keep others as pets? This week on Hidden Brain, we talk with psychology professor Hal Herzog about the contradictions embedded in our relationships with animals.
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  • This is hidden brain.

  • I'm Shankar Vedantu.

  • Many of us share our homes with animals.

  • Furry, feathered or scaly.

  • Was it a bad day?

  • Yeah, they are definitely like my family members at this point.

  • Yes.

  • My right hand man.

  • I got no kids, so that's my son.

  • You know, he's my baby.

  • Yet, as much as we love our pets, our behavior toward animals can be paradoxical.

  • Don't you think it's kind of weird that we're eating our cat's meat and we have strong beliefs and not eating.

  • Meat at this point?

  • I think the more you love animals, the more you might consider being a vegetarian.

  • It's an english bulldog.

  • Was made by science.

  • You know what I'm saying?

  • I think lizards and reptiles belong with Mother Nature.

  • I don't think english bulldog is a part of Mother Nature.

  • So I'm a walking hypocrite, and I recognize that, and I'm okay with that.