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Octopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These 'mini-brains' are interconnected, making for a widely distributed nervous system. That is why a severed octopus arm may crawl on its own and even pick up food.
~ Frans de Waal
Arm
Crawl
Distributed
Each
Each One
Equipped
Even
Food
Hundreds
Interconnected
Making
May
Nervous
Nervous System
Neurons
Octopus
Own
Pick
Severed
System
Thousands
Up
Why
Widely
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One thing bothered me as a student. In the 1960s, human behavior was totally off limits for the biologist. There was animal behavior, then there was a long time nothing, after which came human behavior as a totally separate category best left to a different group of scientists.
~ Frans de Waal
1960s
After
Animal
Behavior
Best
Biologist
Bothered
Came
Category
Different
Group
Human
Human Behavior
Left
Limits
Long
Long Time
Me
Nothing
Off
One Thing
Scientists
Separate
Student
Then
Thing
Time
Totally
Which
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Our brains have been designed to blur the line between self and other. It is an ancient neural circuitry that marks every mammal, from mouse to elephant.
~ Frans de Waal
Ancient
Been
Between
Blur
Brains
Designed
Elephant
Every
Line
Marks
Mouse
Other
Our
Self
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People want to work with somebody who feels shame, who worries about the perceptions of others. Dishonesty is something we don't like in others.
~ Frans de Waal
About
Dishonesty
Feels
Like
Others
People
Perceptions
Shame
Somebody
Something
Want
Who
Work
Worries
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Personally, I think it is possible to build a society that is moral on a nonreligious basis, but the jury is still out on that.
~ Frans de Waal
Basis
Build
I Think
Jury
Moral
Out
Personally
Possible
Society
Still
Think
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Popular culture bombards us with examples of animals being humanized for all sorts of purposes, ranging from education to entertainment to satire to propaganda. Walt Disney, for example, made us forget that Mickey is a mouse, and Donald a duck. George Orwell laid a cover of human societal ills over a population of livestock.
~ Frans de Waal
Animals
Being
Cover
Culture
Disney
Donald
Duck
Education
Entertainment
Example
Examples
For Example
Forget
George
George Orwell
Human
Ills
Laid
Livestock
Made
Mickey
Mouse
Over
Popular
Popular Culture
Population
Propaganda
Purposes
Satire
Societal
Sort
Us
Walt
Walt Disney
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Religion looms as large as an elephant in the United States, to the point that being nonreligious is about the biggest handicap a politician running for office can have, bigger than being gay, unmarried, thrice married, or black.
~ Frans de Waal
About
Being
Bigger
Biggest
Black
Elephant
Gay
Handicap
Large
Married
Office
Point
Politician
Religion
Running
States
Than
United
United States
Unmarried
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Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.
~ Frans de Waal
Become
May
Morality
Origin
Religion
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Religions have a strong binding function and a cohesive element. They emphasize the primacy of the community as opposed to the individual, and they also help set one community apart from another that doesn't share their beliefs.
~ Frans de Waal
Also
Another
Apart
Beliefs
Binding
Community
Element
Emphasize
Function
Help
Individual
Opposed
Religions
Set
Share
Strong
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Science is not inherently good.
~ Frans de Waal
Good
Inherently
Science
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Scientists are supposed to study animals in a totally objective fashion, similar to the way we inspect a rock or measure the circumference of a tree trunk. Emotions are not to interfere with the assessment. The animal-rights movement capitalizes on this perception, depicting scientists as devoid of compassion.
~ Frans de Waal
Animals
Assessment
Compassion
Depicting
Devoid
Emotions
Fashion
Interfere
Measure
Movement
Objective
Perception
Rock
Scientists
Similar
Study
Supposed
Totally
Tree
Trunk
Way
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Sometimes I read about someone saying with great authority that animals have no intentions and no feelings, and I wonder, 'Doesn't this guy have a dog?'
~ Frans de Waal
About
Animals
Authority
Dog
Feelings
Great
Guy
I Wonder
Intentions
Read
Saying
Someone
Sometimes
Wonder
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The enemy of science is not religion. Religion comes in endless shapes and forms... The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.
~ Frans de Waal
Curiosity
Dogma
Endless
Enemy
Forms
Reflection
Religion
Science
Shapes
Thought
True
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The fact that the apes exist and that we can study them is extremely important and makes us reflect on ourselves and our human nature. In that sense alone, you need to protect the apes.
~ Frans de Waal
Alone
Ape
Exist
Extremely
Fact
Human
Human Nature
Important
Makes
Nature
Need
Our
Ourselves
Protect
Reflect
Sense
Study
Them
Us
You
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The intuitive connection children feel with animals can be a tremendous source of joy. The unconditional love received from pets, and the lack of artifice in the relationship, contrast sharply with the much trickier dealings with members of their own species.
~ Frans de Waal
Animals
Artifice
Children
Connection
Contrast
Feel
Intuitive
Joy
Lack
Love
Members
Much
Own
Pets
Received
Relationship
Sharply
Source
Species
Tremendous
Unconditional
Unconditional Love
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The more self-aware an animal is, the more empathetic it tends to be.
~ Frans de Waal
Animal
Empathetic
More
Tends
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The primate laugh is given in playful contexts, and as such has a strong similarity to the human laugh.
~ Frans de Waal
Given
Human
Laugh
Playful
Similarity
Strong
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The role of inequity in society is grossly underestimated. Inequity is not good for your health, basically.
~ Frans de Waal
Basically
Good
Health
Role
Society
Underestimated
Your
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The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.
~ Frans de Waal
Compassion
Human
Justice
Morality
Pillars
Sense
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The term 'alpha female' originated in my field of animal behavior, but has acquired new meaning. It refers to women who are in charge, for example, by flirting and dating on their own terms. It is also used maliciously for a loud-mouthed, controlling woman who has no patience with deviating opinions.
~ Frans de Waal
Acquired
Alpha
Also
Animal
Behavior
Charge
Controlling
Dating
Example
Female
Field
Flirting
For Example
Meaning
New
Opinions
Originated
Own
Patience
Term
Terms
Used
Who
Woman
Women
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BirthDate
29 October, 1948
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