Your comment reminds me of a story in a book called Shantaram. Guy feeds a mouse visiting his cell every now and then. Before being relocated this prisoner tells the new inmate to take good care of Mickey. Next thing he knows, his little friend is on display with two pencils piercing his body. Crucified.

:(

Amusing, albeit predictable, that a article about another species sharing the construct of empathy would elicit such a veceral demonstration of its absence. I wonder if we'll ever observe another species that enjoys sarcasm and irony as much as we do.

Quite. How droll.

And vice versa ;)

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