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[–] IdSay 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

an emotion. a chemical response that makes us make decisions. even "cells" have "compassion".

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[–] dabork 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yep. There was another study that they did with rats where eating food would shock a rat in another cage that the first rat could see. Once the rats realized it caused harm to another rat they stopped going back for the food.

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[–] Marijuana_Merlin 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

as somebody who has cared for hamsters and mice, and researched the Capabara, yes, yes they can. Like any other animal.

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[–] 4021440? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Like any other animal.

Mammal. Like any other mammal. I'm not so sure of anything else having the ability to have what we would call compassion due to the lack of a limbic system.

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[–] Marijuana_Merlin 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Eh, I've seen affectionate reptiles and shit.

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[–] 4019104? 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

They were actually running frighteningly elegant and subtle experiments on the researchers, to see if they felt empathy for the voles whom they were electrically shocking.